The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Maarten De Maerteleire & Lies De Waele finished 593rd of 962 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:23:53.
Legs and stations told different stories: 53% of the field beaten on the runs, 17% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:58 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:31 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:41Running 1 4:22v median +0:09
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Block 02 7:29Running 2 5:11v median +0:00
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Block 03 8:48Running 3 5:14v median −0:12
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Block 04 10:47Running 4 5:23v median −0:06
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Block 05 10:01Running 5 5:29v median −0:08
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Block 06 7:47Running 6 5:30v median −0:04
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Block 07 11:26Running 7 5:29v median −0:02
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Block 08 11:24Running 8 5:56v median +0:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:39
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.