The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Annemarie Boomsma & Matthijs Witlox finished 327th of 394 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:30:50.
A station race more than a running one: 33% of the field beaten on the stations, against 12% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 0:55 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:52 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 8:55Running 1 4:17v median +0:08
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Block 02 7:56Running 2 5:56v median +0:50
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Block 03 9:53Running 3 6:17v median +0:56
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Block 04 10:00Running 4 6:34v median +1:14
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Block 05 11:32Running 5 6:41v median +1:15
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Block 06 8:48Running 6 6:42v median +1:17
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Block 07 11:25Running 7 6:51v median +1:30
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Block 08 13:07Running 8 7:43v median +1:55
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:23
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.