The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Milo Willems & Daan Scholten finished 624th of 867 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:20:20.
A station race more than a running one: 46% of the field beaten on the stations, against 24% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 1:48 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:09Running 1 4:06v median +0:17
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Block 02 6:31Running 2 4:57v median +0:15
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Block 03 8:36Running 3 5:36v median +0:34
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Block 04 9:39Running 4 5:55v median +0:52
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Block 05 10:50Running 5 5:58v median +0:46
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Block 06 7:39Running 6 5:58v median +0:51
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Block 07 9:07Running 7 5:38v median +0:33
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Block 08 10:45Running 8 5:57v median +0:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:11
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.