The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Gudrun Hespel & Valerie Kesselaers finished in the top 10% of the field at Mechelen 2026, in 1:04:21 for 2nd of 380 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:04 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:45 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 5:57, was faster than 99% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Mechelen gained about 3:08.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:52Running 1 3:22v median −1:18
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Block 02 5:39Running 2 4:02v median −1:39
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Block 03 7:52Running 3 4:07v median −1:49
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Block 04 7:38Running 4 4:08v median −1:51
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Block 05 8:40Running 5 4:10v median −1:58
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Block 06 5:36Running 6 4:10v median −1:54
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Block 07 6:45Running 7 4:04v median −1:59
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Block 08 8:30Running 8 4:16v median −2:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:57
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 379
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 379 women's teams who finished.