The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Logan Van Der Fraenen & Roméo Van Gysel finished 433rd of 867 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:13:51, faster than 50% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 90% of the field beaten on the stations, against 29% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:55 ahead of the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:43 better against the middle of the field than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Mechelen gained about 1:49.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:19Running 1 3:31v median −0:18
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Block 02 7:04Running 2 5:34v median +0:52
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Block 03 8:56Running 3 5:49v median +0:47
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Block 04 8:26Running 4 5:39v median +0:36
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Block 05 9:45Running 5 5:49v median +0:37
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Block 06 6:56Running 6 5:33v median +0:26
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Block 07 8:20Running 7 5:41v median +0:36
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Block 08 9:31Running 8 5:30v median +0:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:40
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 866
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 866 men's teams who finished.