The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sammy Mahdi & Alexandre Mahdi finished 762nd of 867 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:28:09.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 1:38 slower than the median. A harder second half: 2:09 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:17Running 1 4:08v median +0:19
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Block 02 7:41Running 2 5:33v median +0:51
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Block 03 10:43Running 3 6:42v median +1:40
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Block 04 10:03Running 4 6:09v median +1:06
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Block 05 11:31Running 5 6:20v median +1:08
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Block 06 7:35Running 6 5:47v median +0:40
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Block 07 10:59Running 7 5:47v median +0:42
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Block 08 12:55Running 8 7:37v median +2:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:34
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.