The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Yann Pais Lopes & Julien Bence finished 609th of 867 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:19:41.
A station race more than a running one: 54% of the field beaten on the stations, against 21% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:30 behind the median.
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 8:20Running 1 4:28v median +0:39
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Block 02 7:18Running 2 5:32v median +0:50
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Block 03 8:57Running 3 5:45v median +0:43
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Block 04 9:16Running 4 5:50v median +0:47
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Block 05 10:02Running 5 5:44v median +0:32
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Block 06 7:30Running 6 5:46v median +0:39
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Block 07 9:52Running 7 5:48v median +0:43
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Block 08 10:05Running 8 6:00v median +0:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:29
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.