The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Fatima Buslei-Ataman & Torben Buslei finished 103rd of 424 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:11:07, faster than 76% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 88% of the field beaten on the runs, 41% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 0:39. The race faded late: the second half went 1:36 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 7:29Running 1 3:12v median −1:01
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Block 02 6:23Running 2 4:13v median −0:55
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Block 03 7:56Running 3 4:20v median −1:04
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Block 04 8:02Running 4 4:25v median −1:00
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Block 05 9:23Running 5 4:41v median −0:49
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Block 06 6:08Running 6 4:36v median −0:50
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Block 07 9:05Running 7 4:34v median −0:52
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Block 08 9:56Running 8 4:55v median −0:51
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:53
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 422
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 422 mixed teams who finished.