The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:24:54 at Mechelen 2026 put Sem Van Haren & Eline Helmink 619th of 962 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 46% of the field beaten on the runs, 21% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:13 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:26 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:34Running 1 4:10v median −0:03
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Block 02 7:17Running 2 5:05v median −0:06
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Block 03 9:40Running 3 5:24v median −0:02
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Block 04 10:28Running 4 5:40v median +0:11
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Block 05 11:02Running 5 5:43v median +0:06
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Block 06 7:13Running 6 5:46v median +0:12
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Block 07 10:30Running 7 5:48v median +0:17
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Block 08 12:06Running 8 6:20v median +0:24
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:13
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.