The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:16:29 at Mechelen 2026 put Mike Bleij & Raimon Van Diemen 533rd of 867 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 73% of the field across all eight, against 23% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 0:34 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:53 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 7:41Running 1 3:50v median +0:01
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Block 02 6:59Running 2 5:13v median +0:31
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Block 03 8:03Running 3 5:24v median +0:22
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Block 04 8:48Running 4 5:36v median +0:33
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Block 05 10:00Running 5 5:52v median +0:40
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Block 06 7:41Running 6 5:54v median +0:47
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Block 07 9:38Running 7 6:08v median +1:03
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Block 08 10:16Running 8 6:23v median +0:55
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:29
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.