The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:29:35 at Mechelen 2026 put Valeriia Bakhshetcian & Kawtar Bouhout 619th of 1,017 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 64% of the field across all eight, against 40% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were the standout, 2:09 quicker than the median and 2nd of 1,017. The race faded late: the second half went 3:00 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 9:15Running 1 4:23v median −0:19
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Block 02 7:41Running 2 5:56v median +0:16
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Block 03 10:01Running 3 6:15v median +0:23
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Block 04 10:06Running 4 5:55v median −0:01
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Block 05 11:10Running 5 5:57v median −0:06
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Block 06 10:10Running 6 6:22v median +0:21
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Block 07 8:24Running 7 6:37v median +0:38
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Block 08 11:10Running 8 7:07v median +0:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:46
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.