The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, Maree Jansen & Merel Bastiaansen crossed the line in 1:18:17: 203rd of 1,017 women's teams, faster than 80% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:42 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 8:35Running 1 4:09v median −0:33
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Block 02 6:33Running 2 5:01v median −0:39
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Block 03 9:00Running 3 5:16v median −0:36
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Block 04 9:51Running 4 5:14v median −0:42
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Block 05 10:14Running 5 5:16v median −0:47
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Block 06 6:58Running 6 5:22v median −0:39
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Block 07 8:38Running 7 5:24v median −0:35
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Block 08 10:31Running 8 5:55v median −0:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:03
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.