The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:27:07 at Mechelen 2026 put Lieve Horst & Sara Van Riel 533rd of 1,017 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 63% of the field beaten on the stations, against 43% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:46 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:22 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 9:35Running 1 4:58v median +0:16
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Block 02 7:18Running 2 5:41v median +0:01
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Block 03 10:23Running 3 5:58v median +0:06
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Block 04 9:55Running 4 6:04v median +0:08
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Block 05 12:10Running 5 6:34v median +0:31
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Block 06 7:44Running 6 6:11v median +0:10
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Block 07 9:54Running 7 6:06v median +0:07
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Block 08 10:27Running 8 6:25v median +0:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:48
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.