The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Maarten Wellens & Geoffrey Renneboog finished 467th of 867 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:14:55.
The stations carried this race: faster than 60% of the field across all eight, against 39% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 0:49 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:41 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Mechelen gave the field time back: about 1:49 faster than the average race this season, by 987 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:39Running 1 3:53v median +0:04
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Block 02 6:29Running 2 5:04v median +0:22
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Block 03 7:50Running 3 5:27v median +0:25
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Block 04 8:25Running 4 5:20v median +0:17
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Block 05 9:52Running 5 5:26v median +0:14
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Block 06 7:04Running 6 5:16v median +0:09
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Block 07 9:02Running 7 5:11v median +0:06
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Block 08 11:05Running 8 5:57v median +0:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:38
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.