The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, Anouk Volders & Gayelle Simons crossed the line in 1:22:53: 368th of 1,017 women's teams, faster than 64% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 87% of the field beaten on the stations, against 48% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:36 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:20 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 9:50Running 1 4:52v median +0:10
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Block 02 7:08Running 2 5:44v median +0:04
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Block 03 9:18Running 3 5:42v median −0:10
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Block 04 8:56Running 4 5:55v median −0:01
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Block 05 11:25Running 5 6:00v median −0:03
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Block 06 7:33Running 6 6:02v median +0:01
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Block 07 9:16Running 7 6:02v median +0:03
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Block 08 10:46Running 8 6:44v median +0:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:49
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.