The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tatiana Barbosa De Sousa & Romain Elvira finished 373rd of 394 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:45:06.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 4:41 behind the median. A harder second half: 6:50 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 10:33, behind 90% of the field.
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 10:00Running 1 5:06v median +0:57
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Block 02 8:13Running 2 6:05v median +0:59
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Block 03 10:38Running 3 6:15v median +0:54
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Block 04 13:01Running 4 6:33v median +1:13
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Block 05 12:32Running 5 7:14v median +1:48
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Block 06 8:49Running 6 6:38v median +1:13
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Block 07 14:58Running 7 6:17v median +0:56
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Block 08 16:31Running 8 7:58v median +2:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:33
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.