The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Geoffrey Tutélaire & Louis Bricoli finished 513th of 867 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:15:53.
Legs and stations told different stories: 52% of the field beaten on the runs, 32% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:55 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:19 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 3:29v median −0:20
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Block 02 6:20Running 2 4:18v median −0:24
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Block 03 8:33Running 3 5:09v median +0:07
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Block 04 8:36Running 4 4:56v median −0:07
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Block 05 9:48Running 5 5:04v median −0:08
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Block 06 6:54Running 6 5:09v median +0:02
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Block 07 9:50Running 7 5:21v median +0:16
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Block 08 10:30Running 8 5:49v median +0:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:11
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.