The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Stephanie Bakker & Dimitri Van Doeselaar finished 227th of 394 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:20:07.
Legs and stations told different stories: 56% of the field beaten on the runs, 25% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 0:56 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:03 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 2:14.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:24Running 1 3:50v median −0:19
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Block 02 7:06Running 2 5:03v median −0:03
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Block 03 9:06Running 3 5:09v median −0:12
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Block 04 9:17Running 4 5:07v median −0:13
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Block 05 10:18Running 5 5:20v median −0:06
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Block 06 7:13Running 6 5:23v median −0:02
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Block 07 9:59Running 7 5:15v median −0:06
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Block 08 11:18Running 8 5:53v median +0:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:33
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 393
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 393 mixed teams who finished.