The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, Heike Heyndrikx & Jenny-Lee Van Den Eeckhout crossed the line in 1:25:22: 469th of 1,017 women's teams, faster than 54% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 90% of the field beaten on the stations, against 33% on the runs. The burpee broad jumps were where this race was made, 1:16 ahead of 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 9:35Running 1 4:48v median +0:06
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Block 02 7:30Running 2 6:01v median +0:21
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Block 03 9:33Running 3 6:18v median +0:26
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Block 04 9:52Running 4 6:31v median +0:35
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Block 05 11:48Running 5 6:48v median +0:45
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Block 06 8:14Running 6 6:22v median +0:21
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Block 07 9:32Running 7 6:26v median +0:27
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Block 08 10:33Running 8 6:37v median +0:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:55
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.