The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:20:13 at Mechelen 2026 put Estela Villarabide Varela & Elliott Q. Nguyen 486th of 962 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 63% of the field across all eight, against 43% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:43 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:33 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:06Running 1 4:04v median −0:09
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Block 02 7:32Running 2 4:57v median −0:14
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Block 03 8:37Running 3 5:06v median −0:20
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Block 04 8:13Running 4 5:14v median −0:15
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Block 05 9:55Running 5 5:25v median −0:12
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Block 06 7:00Running 6 5:24v median −0:10
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Block 07 9:30Running 7 5:39v median +0:08
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Block 08 13:07Running 8 8:40v median +2:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:21
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.