The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Melanie Koolen & Iris Van Boekel finished in the top 10% of the field at Mechelen 2026, in 1:09:43 for 36th of 1,017 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The sandbag lunges were the standout, 1:09 quicker than the median and 29th of 1,017. Time in the roxzone, 6:36, was faster than 96% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Mechelen gained about 3:08.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:06Running 1 3:43v median −0:59
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Block 02 6:02Running 2 4:31v median −1:09
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Block 03 8:12Running 3 4:40v median −1:12
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Block 04 8:21Running 4 4:46v median −1:10
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Block 05 9:49Running 5 4:54v median −1:09
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Block 06 6:16Running 6 4:51v median −1:10
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Block 07 7:37Running 7 4:50v median −1:09
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Block 08 8:50Running 8 5:01v median −1:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:36
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 1013
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,013 women's teams who finished.