The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:39:15 at Mechelen 2026 put Monique Van Ooijen & Silvia Peters 346th of 380 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 35% of the field beaten on the runs, 3% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:36 behind the median. A harder second half: 4:17 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 10:00Running 1 4:52v median +0:12
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Block 02 7:45Running 2 5:57v median +0:16
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Block 03 11:04Running 3 6:01v median +0:05
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Block 04 12:35Running 4 6:05v median +0:06
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Block 05 12:20Running 5 6:24v median +0:16
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Block 06 8:55Running 6 6:19v median +0:15
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Block 07 12:04Running 7 6:29v median +0:26
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Block 08 14:01Running 8 7:09v median +0:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:41
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.