The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tom Benedic & Jordi Van Den Brink finished 607th of 867 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:19:20.
The runs carried this race: faster than 59% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 5% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:30 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:36 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 7:30Running 1 3:35v median −0:14
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Block 02 6:35Running 2 4:30v median −0:12
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Block 03 8:35Running 3 5:04v median +0:02
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Block 04 9:42Running 4 5:06v median +0:03
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Block 05 10:04Running 5 5:10v median −0:02
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Block 06 8:46Running 6 4:52v median −0:15
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Block 07 8:20Running 7 4:38v median −0:27
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Block 08 13:15Running 8 5:18v median −0:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:42
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.