The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthijs de Lijster & Machiel Van Kranenburg finished 530th of 587 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Valencia 2026, in 1:26:26.
The stations carried this race: faster than 40% of the field across all eight, against 5% on the runs. A remarkably even set of stations, none more than 0:15 from the median.
Valencia gave the field time back: about 1:17 faster than the average race this season, by 390 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:04Running 1 6:01v median +2:31
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Block 02 7:31Running 2 5:40v median +0:49
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Block 03 9:47Running 3 6:13v median +0:59
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Block 04 9:51Running 4 6:35v median +1:22
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Block 05 11:18Running 5 6:48v median +1:28
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Block 06 8:34Running 6 6:42v median +1:28
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Block 07 10:44Running 7 6:52v median +1:39
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Block 08 11:38Running 8 7:17v median +1:53
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:07
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 493
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 493 men's teams who finished.