The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Pauline Smet & Emma Ysewyn finished in the top 10% of the field at Mechelen 2026, in 1:13:40 for 88th of 1,017 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 94% of the field beaten on the runs, 67% on the stations. The sandbag lunges were the standout, 0:30 quicker than the median and 246th of 1,017. Time in the roxzone, 6:59, was faster than 93% of the field.
Mechelen gave the field time back: about 3:08 faster than the average race this season, by 820 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:28Running 1 3:50v median −0:52
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Block 02 6:22Running 2 4:39v median −1:01
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Block 03 8:58Running 3 4:44v median −1:08
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Block 04 8:58Running 4 4:41v median −1:15
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Block 05 9:45Running 5 4:50v median −1:13
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Block 06 6:39Running 6 5:03v median −0:58
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Block 07 8:14Running 7 4:48v median −1:11
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Block 08 9:23Running 8 5:05v median −1:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:59
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.