The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Nino Van den berg & Ruben Schmidt finished 550th of 867 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:17:05.
Legs and stations told different stories: 55% of the field beaten on the runs, 17% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 1:55 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:31 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 7:09Running 1 3:25v median −0:24
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Block 02 6:19Running 2 4:34v median −0:08
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Block 03 9:56Running 3 4:49v median −0:13
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Block 04 8:45Running 4 4:45v median −0:18
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Block 05 9:31Running 5 5:02v median −0:10
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Block 06 6:56Running 6 4:59v median −0:08
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Block 07 9:32Running 7 5:05v median +0:00
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Block 08 11:27Running 8 6:16v median +0:48
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:39
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.