The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Maxime Dejaiffe & Sean De Silva finished 863rd of 867 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:56:49.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:39 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 8:53 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 15:47 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 10:02Running 1 5:08v median +1:19
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Block 02 9:24Running 2 6:53v median +2:11
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Block 03 12:10Running 3 7:38v median +2:36
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Block 04 12:36Running 4 7:59v median +2:56
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Block 05 13:30Running 5 8:25v median +3:13
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Block 06 9:54Running 6 8:05v median +2:58
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Block 07 12:55Running 7 8:01v median +2:56
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Block 08 20:39Running 8 12:33v median +7:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 15:47
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.