The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:16:48 at Mechelen 2026 put David Smets & Nils Vandeberg 543rd of 867 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 67% of the field across all eight, against 24% on the runs.
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 8:09Running 1 4:14v median +0:25
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Block 02 6:44Running 2 5:14v median +0:32
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Block 03 8:56Running 3 5:53v median +0:51
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Block 04 8:25Running 4 5:35v median +0:32
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Block 05 10:23Running 5 6:09v median +0:57
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Block 06 7:02Running 6 5:30v median +0:23
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Block 07 8:45Running 7 5:22v median +0:17
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Block 08 11:04Running 8 6:12v median +0:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:28
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.