The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Melanie Van Drunen & Ilja Brugmans finished 549th of 1,017 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:27:29.
A station race more than a running one: 65% of the field beaten on the stations, against 40% on the runs. On the sled push the field had the edge, by 0:52. The race faded late: the second half went 1:32 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 9:11Running 1 4:41v median −0:01
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Block 02 8:13Running 2 5:32v median −0:08
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Block 03 10:02Running 3 6:05v median +0:13
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Block 04 9:54Running 4 6:05v median +0:09
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Block 05 11:21Running 5 6:24v median +0:21
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Block 06 7:54Running 6 6:14v median +0:13
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Block 07 9:46Running 7 6:10v median +0:11
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Block 08 11:23Running 8 7:16v median +0:53
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:53
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.