The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Miguel Gonçalves & Arne Mertens finished 860th of 867 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:51:52.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 3:51. The race faded late: the second half went 7:58 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 13:01 in the roxzone was slower than 98% 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 9:47Running 1 5:09v median +1:20
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Block 02 8:36Running 2 6:29v median +1:47
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Block 03 12:00Running 3 7:22v median +2:20
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Block 04 13:12Running 4 7:33v median +2:30
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Block 05 13:49Running 5 8:18v median +3:06
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Block 06 10:00Running 6 7:54v median +2:47
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Block 07 13:20Running 7 7:56v median +2:51
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Block 08 18:14Running 8 9:56v median +4:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:01
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.