The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, Maëva Braudey & Léa Desmet crossed the line in 1:24:45: 441st of 1,017 women's teams, faster than 57% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 77% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 18% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:50. The race faded late: the second half went 2:46 worse 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 9:36Running 1 4:13v median −0:29
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Block 02 6:50Running 2 5:07v median −0:33
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Block 03 9:42Running 3 5:19v median −0:33
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Block 04 9:55Running 4 5:19v median −0:37
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Block 05 11:07Running 5 5:32v median −0:31
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Block 06 7:21Running 6 5:31v median −0:30
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Block 07 9:43Running 7 5:26v median −0:33
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Block 08 13:05Running 8 5:53v median −0:30
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:32
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.