The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:26:44 at Mechelen 2026 put Emilie Xu & Ying Qi Kong 521st of 1,017 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 64% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 20% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:45 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:41 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 9:10Running 1 4:15v median −0:27
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Block 02 7:28Running 2 5:32v median −0:08
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Block 03 10:55Running 3 5:44v median −0:08
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Block 04 9:47Running 4 5:32v median −0:24
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Block 05 11:01Running 5 5:58v median −0:05
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Block 06 7:45Running 6 5:54v median −0:07
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Block 07 9:57Running 7 5:41v median −0:18
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Block 08 13:05Running 8 5:58v median −0:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:43
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.