The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, Joyce Geysels & Maaike Langenakers crossed the line in 1:23:44: 404th of 1,017 women's teams, faster than 60% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 89% of the field across all eight, against 40% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:22 on the median.
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 9:21Running 1 4:55v median +0:13
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Block 02 7:39Running 2 6:00v median +0:20
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Block 03 9:43Running 3 6:01v median +0:09
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Block 04 9:22Running 4 6:07v median +0:11
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Block 05 11:06Running 5 6:11v median +0:08
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Block 06 8:12Running 6 6:19v median +0:18
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Block 07 9:27Running 7 6:13v median +0:14
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Block 08 10:33Running 8 6:43v median +0:20
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:29
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.