The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:18:30 at Mechelen 2026 put Françoise Servais & Mathilde Mottet 209th of 1,017 women's teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 79% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 84% of the field beaten on the runs, 56% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:56 on the median. A harder second half: 1:05 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 3:08.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:31Running 1 3:45v median −0:57
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Block 02 6:41Running 2 4:53v median −0:47
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Block 03 9:55Running 3 5:12v median −0:40
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Block 04 8:47Running 4 5:06v median −0:50
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Block 05 10:34Running 5 5:41v median −0:22
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Block 06 7:16Running 6 5:24v median −0:37
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Block 07 9:23Running 7 5:12v median −0:47
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Block 08 9:55Running 8 5:37v median −0:46
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:37
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.