The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, Tania Temiño Lasuen & Frauke Taverniers crossed the line in 1:23:33: 395th of 1,017 women's teams, faster than 61% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 76% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 42% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 0:49 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:04 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Mechelen ran fast: the 820 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 3:08 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:57Running 1 4:18v median −0:24
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Block 02 6:51Running 2 5:13v median −0:27
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Block 03 9:12Running 3 5:24v median −0:28
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Block 04 10:30Running 4 5:28v median −0:28
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Block 05 10:44Running 5 5:33v median −0:30
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Block 06 7:06Running 6 5:24v median −0:37
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Block 07 10:10Running 7 5:25v median −0:34
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Block 08 10:41Running 8 5:50v median −0:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:29
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.