The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, Marlène Brossard & Marie Wallart crossed the line in 1:26:17: 501st of 1,017 women's teams, faster than 51% of the field.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:52 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:00 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 9:28Running 1 4:38v median −0:04
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Block 02 7:08Running 2 5:32v median −0:08
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Block 03 10:16Running 3 5:39v median −0:13
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Block 04 10:42Running 4 5:41v median −0:15
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Block 05 10:56Running 5 5:55v median −0:08
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Block 06 7:37Running 6 5:58v median −0:03
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Block 07 11:00Running 7 6:12v median +0:13
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Block 08 11:42Running 8 6:51v median +0:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:35
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.