The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Theo Goessens & Marc Henssen finished 677th of 867 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:22:44.
The runs carried this race: faster than 39% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 6% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:13. A harder second half: 2:22 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Mechelen ran fast: the 987 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:49 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:24Running 1 3:55v median +0:06
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Block 02 6:57Running 2 4:56v median +0:14
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Block 03 9:48Running 3 5:13v median +0:11
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Block 04 9:22Running 4 5:11v median +0:08
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Block 05 10:14Running 5 5:21v median +0:09
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Block 06 7:23Running 6 5:30v median +0:23
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Block 07 10:12Running 7 5:17v median +0:12
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Block 08 12:44Running 8 6:04v median +0:36
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:48
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.