The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Michel Verkaik & Pamela Verkaik finished 743rd of 962 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:29:22.
A station race more than a running one: 76% of the field beaten on the stations, against 8% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:48 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:36 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 9:17Running 1 5:02v median +0:49
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Block 02 8:24Running 2 6:37v median +1:26
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Block 03 9:47Running 3 6:37v median +1:11
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Block 04 9:42Running 4 6:48v median +1:19
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Block 05 11:38Running 5 6:53v median +1:16
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Block 06 8:44Running 6 7:02v median +1:28
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Block 07 10:21Running 7 6:54v median +1:23
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Block 08 11:55Running 8 7:42v median +1:46
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:43
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.