The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:27:11 at Mechelen 2026 put T'Ika Delbaere & Martine Kersten 182nd of 285 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 50% of the field beaten on the runs, 29% on the stations. On the sled pull the field had the edge, by 0:38. The race faded late: the second half went 1:15 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Mechelen gained about 3:08.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:08Running 1 4:18v median −0:09
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Block 02 7:19Running 2 5:18v median −0:13
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Block 03 10:00Running 3 5:28v median −0:17
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Block 04 9:50Running 4 5:21v median −0:29
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Block 05 11:12Running 5 5:28v median −0:29
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Block 06 7:52Running 6 5:46v median −0:06
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Block 07 11:28Running 7 7:19v median +1:29
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Block 08 11:06Running 8 6:50v median +0:38
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:25
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.