The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Wim Veekmans & Annick Debbaut finished 373rd of 424 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:34:52.
A station race more than a running one: 64% of the field beaten on the stations, against 3% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:39 on the median.
Mechelen gave the field time back: about 2:14 faster than the average race this season, by 845 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:41Running 1 5:31v median +1:18
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Block 02 8:45Running 2 6:54v median +1:46
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Block 03 11:34Running 3 7:41v median +2:17
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Block 04 10:27Running 4 7:26v median +2:01
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Block 05 11:51Running 5 7:31v median +2:01
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Block 06 9:48Running 6 7:47v median +2:21
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Block 07 11:14Running 7 7:47v median +2:21
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Block 08 12:20Running 8 7:53v median +2:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:18
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.