The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Thibault Debaene & Pieter-Jan De Vos finished 759th of 867 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:27:55.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:14 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:41 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 9:27 in the roxzone was slower than 85% of the field.
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 8:37Running 1 4:30v median +0:41
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Block 02 6:55Running 2 5:17v median +0:35
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Block 03 9:41Running 3 5:41v median +0:39
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Block 04 11:00Running 4 6:37v median +1:34
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Block 05 11:30Running 5 7:06v median +1:54
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Block 06 9:21Running 6 7:25v median +2:18
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Block 07 10:37Running 7 5:49v median +0:44
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Block 08 10:55Running 8 6:29v median +1:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:27
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.