The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Catherine Ryan & Dave Ryan finished 232nd of 394 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:20:30.
Legs and stations told different stories: 66% of the field beaten on the runs, 17% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:41 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:54 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 2:14.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:43Running 1 4:12v median +0:03
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Block 02 6:40Running 2 4:55v median −0:11
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Block 03 9:09Running 3 4:48v median −0:33
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Block 04 8:33Running 4 5:03v median −0:17
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Block 05 10:10Running 5 5:11v median −0:15
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Block 06 6:52Running 6 5:03v median −0:22
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Block 07 9:06Running 7 4:44v median −0:37
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Block 08 13:28Running 8 5:18v median −0:30
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:57
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.