The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Wolf De Blende & Seppe Vereycken finished 847th of 867 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:39:04.
The stations carried this race: faster than 49% of the field across all eight, against 1% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 5:38 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 11:28 in the roxzone was slower than 96% 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 9:19Running 1 5:08v median +1:19
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Block 02 8:42Running 2 6:55v median +2:13
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Block 03 10:03Running 3 7:26v median +2:24
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Block 04 10:35Running 4 7:28v median +2:25
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Block 05 12:28Running 5 7:50v median +2:38
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Block 06 10:14Running 6 8:03v median +2:56
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Block 07 11:37Running 7 8:21v median +3:16
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Block 08 14:45Running 8 9:40v median +4:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:28
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.