The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, Jana Van Assche & Melissa Verjans crossed the line in 1:20:38: 291st of 1,017 women's teams, faster than 71% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 82% of the field beaten on the stations, against 60% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:58 ahead of 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 4:18v median −0:24
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Block 02 7:15Running 2 5:22v median −0:18
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Block 03 9:23Running 3 5:35v median −0:17
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Block 04 9:31Running 4 5:46v median −0:10
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Block 05 11:05Running 5 6:09v median +0:06
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Block 06 7:26Running 6 5:41v median −0:20
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Block 07 8:47Running 7 5:49v median −0:10
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Block 08 10:28Running 8 6:29v median +0:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:57
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.