The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Quentin Gosset & Diane Malkiewiez finished 360th of 424 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:31:41.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:22 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:10 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 10:28 in the roxzone was slower than 90% 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 8:49Running 1 4:26v median +0:13
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Block 02 8:18Running 2 5:29v median +0:21
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Block 03 10:23Running 3 5:53v median +0:29
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Block 04 10:33Running 4 5:56v median +0:31
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Block 05 11:17Running 5 6:03v median +0:33
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Block 06 8:29Running 6 6:15v median +0:49
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Block 07 11:25Running 7 6:11v median +0:45
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Block 08 12:07Running 8 6:37v median +0:51
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:28
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.