The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, Savannah Hickey & Fionnuala Murphy crossed the line in 1:19:07: 95th of 285 women's teams, faster than 67% of the field.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:57 ahead of the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 1:17 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:41 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Mechelen gave the field time back: about 3:08 faster than the average race this season, by 820 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:18Running 1 4:38v median +0:11
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Block 02 6:52Running 2 5:20v median −0:11
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Block 03 10:34Running 3 5:23v median −0:22
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Block 04 9:13Running 4 5:35v median −0:15
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Block 05 10:38Running 5 5:33v median −0:24
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Block 06 7:21Running 6 5:37v median −0:15
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Block 07 8:10Running 7 5:26v median −0:24
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Block 08 9:18Running 8 5:35v median −0:37
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:48
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 284
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 284 women's teams who finished.