The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ilyas El Bouazzaoui & Inano Van Den Brande finished 851st of 867 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:39:55.
The stations carried this race: faster than 32% of the field across all eight, against 11% on the runs. Stronger after halfway: 8:13 better against the middle of the field than before it. 23:32 in the roxzone was slower than 99% 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 7:52Running 1 3:43v median −0:06
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Block 02 6:58Running 2 4:48v median +0:06
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Block 03 9:13Running 3 5:17v median +0:15
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Block 04 10:15Running 4 6:35v median +1:32
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Block 05 13:30Running 5 8:45v median +3:33
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Block 06 7:47Running 6 5:55v median +0:48
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Block 07 8:28Running 7 5:11v median +0:06
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Block 08 12:28Running 8 7:41v median +2:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 23:32
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.