The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Philipp Ströming & Friederike Schäfer finished in the top 10% of the field at Mechelen 2026, in 1:06:05 for 90th of 962 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:18 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:19 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 6:16, was faster 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 7:34Running 1 3:28v median −0:45
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Block 02 6:21Running 2 4:24v median −0:47
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Block 03 7:51Running 3 4:43v median −0:43
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Block 04 7:03Running 4 4:33v median −0:56
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Block 05 8:55Running 5 4:42v median −0:55
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Block 06 6:08Running 6 4:36v median −0:58
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Block 07 8:00Running 7 4:39v median −0:52
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Block 08 8:03Running 8 4:48v median −1:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:16
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 962
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 962 mixed teams who finished.