The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Laurent Smoch & Audrey Smoch finished 695th of 962 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:27:19.
Legs and stations told different stories: 40% of the field beaten on the runs, 16% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:36 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:07 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 8:47Running 1 4:42v median +0:29
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Block 02 7:29Running 2 5:34v median +0:23
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Block 03 9:36Running 3 5:31v median +0:05
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Block 04 10:12Running 4 5:31v median +0:02
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Block 05 10:44Running 5 5:49v median +0:12
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Block 06 7:35Running 6 5:48v median +0:14
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Block 07 11:03Running 7 5:42v median +0:11
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Block 08 13:31Running 8 6:22v median +0:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:30
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.