The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Cedric Heyen & David Lejoly finished 742nd of 867 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:26:42.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:09 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 6:58 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 12:14 in the roxzone was slower than 97% of the field.
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 7:55Running 1 3:48v median −0:01
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Block 02 6:41Running 2 5:07v median +0:25
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Block 03 9:37Running 3 5:41v median +0:39
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Block 04 9:33Running 4 5:39v median +0:36
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Block 05 10:27Running 5 5:48v median +0:36
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Block 06 8:20Running 6 6:09v median +1:02
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Block 07 10:30Running 7 5:47v median +0:42
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Block 08 11:33Running 8 6:40v median +1:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:14
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.