The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rick Van Oostrum & Richard Fluit finished 514th of 867 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:15:56.
The stations carried this race: faster than 54% of the field across all eight, against 32% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 0:55 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:36 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Mechelen ran fast: the 987 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:49 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:46Running 1 3:44v median −0:05
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Block 02 6:33Running 2 4:58v median +0:16
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Block 03 8:00Running 3 5:33v median +0:31
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Block 04 9:10Running 4 5:29v median +0:26
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Block 05 10:01Running 5 5:46v median +0:34
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Block 06 7:07Running 6 5:29v median +0:22
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Block 07 9:00Running 7 5:33v median +0:28
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Block 08 11:28Running 8 6:06v median +0:38
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:03
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.