The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Liezl Scholtz & Manike De Ruiter Boere finished 319th of 380 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:36:37.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 1:14 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 10:47 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 12:05 in the roxzone was slower than 95% of the field.
Mechelen gave the field time back: about 3:08 faster than the average race this season, by 820 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:24Running 1 4:45v median +0:05
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Block 02 7:14Running 2 5:25v median −0:16
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Block 03 9:21Running 3 5:25v median −0:31
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Block 04 10:15Running 4 5:28v median −0:31
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Block 05 11:14Running 5 6:00v median −0:08
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Block 06 8:20Running 6 6:06v median +0:02
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Block 07 13:49Running 7 8:50v median +2:47
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Block 08 15:05Running 8 10:24v median +3:57
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:05
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.