The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:19:14 at Mechelen 2026 put Romée den Hartog & Nida Huijben 234th of 1,017 women's teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 77% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 84% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 62% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:35 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:09 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:29Running 1 3:48v median −0:54
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Block 02 6:51Running 2 5:01v median −0:39
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Block 03 8:55Running 3 5:14v median −0:38
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Block 04 10:17Running 4 5:21v median −0:35
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Block 05 10:07Running 5 5:15v median −0:48
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Block 06 7:15Running 6 5:16v median −0:45
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Block 07 8:34Running 7 5:13v median −0:46
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Block 08 9:55Running 8 5:39v median −0:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:59
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.