The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Melissa Martens & Ben Roers finished 690th of 962 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:27:07.
The runs carried this race: faster than 43% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 19% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:45. The race faded late: the second half went 2:01 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:52Running 1 4:29v median +0:16
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Block 02 7:37Running 2 5:23v median +0:12
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Block 03 9:58Running 3 5:31v median +0:05
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Block 04 9:55Running 4 5:40v median +0:11
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Block 05 10:44Running 5 5:44v median +0:07
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Block 06 7:59Running 6 5:45v median +0:11
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Block 07 11:24Running 7 5:40v median +0:09
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Block 08 11:26Running 8 6:20v median +0:24
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:20
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.