The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, Liesje Smits & Lizzy Gryncewicz crossed the line in 1:18:10: 200th of 1,017 women's teams, faster than 80% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 94% of the field across all eight, against 67% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:04 on the median.
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 8:55Running 1 4:26v median −0:16
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Block 02 7:02Running 2 5:25v median −0:15
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Block 03 8:45Running 3 5:25v median −0:27
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Block 04 9:10Running 4 5:37v median −0:19
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Block 05 10:33Running 5 5:48v median −0:15
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Block 06 7:21Running 6 5:49v median −0:12
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Block 07 8:47Running 7 5:40v median −0:19
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Block 08 9:34Running 8 5:58v median −0:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:12
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.