The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Filomena Barrassi & Laurent Petaccia finished 261st of 424 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:22:17.
Legs and stations told different stories: 62% of the field beaten on the runs, 15% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:20 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:26 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 8:29Running 1 4:03v median −0:10
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Block 02 6:49Running 2 4:48v median −0:20
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Block 03 9:33Running 3 5:18v median −0:06
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Block 04 9:59Running 4 5:11v median −0:14
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Block 05 10:16Running 5 5:13v median −0:17
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Block 06 7:40Running 6 5:09v median −0:17
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Block 07 10:13Running 7 5:01v median −0:25
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Block 08 11:14Running 8 5:41v median −0:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:11
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.