The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Frederik Jans & Ken Martens finished 760th of 867 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:28:02.
The stations carried this race: faster than 71% of the field across all eight, against 4% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 1:06 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 9:24 in the roxzone was slower than 85% 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 9:09Running 1 5:02v median +1:13
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Block 02 8:30Running 2 6:39v median +1:57
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Block 03 9:41Running 3 6:49v median +1:47
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Block 04 9:03Running 4 6:45v median +1:42
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Block 05 10:59Running 5 6:38v median +1:26
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Block 06 8:39Running 6 6:58v median +1:51
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Block 07 11:15Running 7 7:30v median +2:25
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Block 08 11:30Running 8 7:30v median +2:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:24
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.