The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:30:04 at Mechelen 2026 put Oriane Desterbecq & Emeric Dejong 758th of 962 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 50% of the field across all eight, against 11% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the row, 0:40 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:38 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 9:13Running 1 4:50v median +0:37
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Block 02 7:40Running 2 5:45v median +0:34
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Block 03 10:17Running 3 6:47v median +1:21
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Block 04 9:57Running 4 6:33v median +1:04
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Block 05 12:08Running 5 6:46v median +1:09
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Block 06 10:31Running 6 8:27v median +2:53
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Block 07 10:05Running 7 6:11v median +0:40
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Block 08 10:51Running 8 6:37v median +0:41
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:31
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.