The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Wendy Roberts & Jeffrey Pinxt finished 672nd of 962 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:26:26.
Legs and stations told different stories: 43% of the field beaten on the runs, 17% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:36 behind the median. A harder second half: 6:00 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 8:39Running 1 4:15v median +0:02
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Block 02 7:12Running 2 5:02v median −0:09
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Block 03 9:00Running 3 5:18v median −0:08
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Block 04 9:37Running 4 5:18v median −0:11
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Block 05 11:16Running 5 6:07v median +0:30
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Block 06 8:08Running 6 5:52v median +0:18
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Block 07 11:30Running 7 6:00v median +0:29
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Block 08 12:47Running 8 6:38v median +0:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:25
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.