The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, Cynthia Marinelli & Blandine Jouret crossed the line in 1:24:49: 447th of 1,017 women's teams, faster than 56% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 72% of the field beaten on the stations, against 44% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:43 on 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 9:24Running 1 4:50v median +0:08
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Block 02 7:15Running 2 5:48v median +0:08
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Block 03 9:45Running 3 6:07v median +0:15
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Block 04 9:58Running 4 6:04v median +0:08
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Block 05 11:18Running 5 6:08v median +0:05
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Block 06 8:06Running 6 6:11v median +0:10
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Block 07 9:51Running 7 6:08v median +0:09
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Block 08 10:49Running 8 6:28v median +0:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:32
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.