The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Isabelle De Groot & Robert Brouwer finished 308th of 424 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:26:17.
Legs and stations told different stories: 46% of the field beaten on the runs, 18% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:52 behind the median. 10:15 in the roxzone was slower than 87% of the field.
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 8:38Running 1 4:22v median +0:09
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Block 02 6:58Running 2 5:03v median −0:05
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Block 03 9:12Running 3 5:21v median −0:03
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Block 04 10:49Running 4 5:30v median +0:05
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Block 05 10:44Running 5 5:43v median +0:13
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Block 06 7:35Running 6 5:41v median +0:15
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Block 07 11:17Running 7 5:33v median +0:07
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Block 08 10:57Running 8 5:59v median +0:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:15
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.