The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sonia Paget & Thomas Blanpain finished 237th of 394 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:20:42.
A station race more than a running one: 56% of the field beaten on the stations, against 36% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:46 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:16 better 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 8:55Running 1 4:26v median +0:17
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Block 02 7:21Running 2 5:33v median +0:27
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Block 03 9:49Running 3 6:10v median +0:49
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Block 04 8:41Running 4 5:42v median +0:22
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Block 05 10:30Running 5 5:45v median +0:19
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Block 06 7:10Running 6 5:29v median +0:04
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Block 07 9:05Running 7 5:42v median +0:21
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Block 08 11:06Running 8 6:02v median +0:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:14
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.