The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ryan Damian Van Oostrom & Barry Van Oostrom finished 780th of 867 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:29:23.
Legs and stations told different stories: 24% of the field beaten on the runs, 2% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:49 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:51 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 8:38Running 1 4:18v median +0:29
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Block 02 7:26Running 2 5:13v median +0:31
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Block 03 10:03Running 3 5:36v median +0:34
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Block 04 11:33Running 4 5:51v median +0:48
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Block 05 10:39Running 5 5:45v median +0:33
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Block 06 7:52Running 6 5:47v median +0:40
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Block 07 11:31Running 7 5:32v median +0:27
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Block 08 13:21Running 8 6:05v median +0:37
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:28
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.