The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:38:40 at Mechelen 2026 put Katia Bellemans & Joëlle Vanhamme 244th of 285 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 31% of the field beaten on the runs, 3% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:47 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:02 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 10:14Running 1 4:40v median +0:13
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Block 02 7:40Running 2 5:55v median +0:24
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Block 03 12:05Running 3 6:09v median +0:24
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Block 04 12:10Running 4 6:08v median +0:18
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Block 05 12:36Running 5 6:11v median +0:14
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Block 06 8:20Running 6 6:15v median +0:23
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Block 07 11:43Running 7 6:12v median +0:22
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Block 08 14:08Running 8 7:10v median +0:58
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:55
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.