The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ineke Blommaert & Virginie Van Huffel finished 599th of 1,017 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:29:01.
Legs and stations told different stories: 52% of the field beaten on the runs, 23% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 1:54 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:20 better against the middle of the field than before it.
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 9:53Running 1 4:36v median −0:06
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Block 02 7:40Running 2 5:47v median +0:07
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Block 03 9:53Running 3 5:47v median −0:05
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Block 04 12:18Running 4 5:47v median −0:09
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Block 05 11:21Running 5 6:01v median −0:02
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Block 06 7:47Running 6 6:04v median +0:03
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Block 07 10:28Running 7 5:56v median −0:03
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Block 08 11:00Running 8 6:27v median +0:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:51
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.