The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, Laetitia Mathieu & Erika Bertiglia crossed the line in 1:25:38: 481st of 1,017 women's teams, faster than 53% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 72% of the field beaten on the stations, against 41% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:36 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:27 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:31Running 1 4:59v median +0:17
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Block 02 7:49Running 2 5:57v median +0:17
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Block 03 9:59Running 3 5:59v median +0:07
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Block 04 10:22Running 4 6:16v median +0:20
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Block 05 11:12Running 5 6:34v median +0:31
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Block 06 7:58Running 6 6:16v median +0:15
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Block 07 9:25Running 7 6:05v median +0:06
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Block 08 10:42Running 8 6:12v median −0:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:49
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.