The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Nina Gielen & Caroline Van Kempen finished 223rd of 1,017 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:18:56, faster than 78% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:47 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:19 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:50Running 1 4:08v median −0:34
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Block 02 6:36Running 2 5:01v median −0:39
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Block 03 8:51Running 3 5:19v median −0:33
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Block 04 9:40Running 4 5:32v median −0:24
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Block 05 11:02Running 5 5:46v median −0:17
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Block 06 7:31Running 6 5:34v median −0:27
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Block 07 8:29Running 7 5:20v median −0:39
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Block 08 10:07Running 8 5:53v median −0:30
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:58
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.