The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Evelien Holvoet & Lotte Dours finished 639th of 1,017 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:30:16.
A station race more than a running one: 68% of the field beaten on the stations, against 22% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:00 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:37 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Mechelen ran fast: the 820 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 3:08 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:11Running 1 4:21v median −0:21
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Block 02 8:29Running 2 6:46v median +1:06
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Block 03 11:01Running 3 6:46v median +0:54
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Block 04 11:04Running 4 6:43v median +0:47
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Block 05 12:07Running 5 6:52v median +0:49
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Block 06 8:25Running 6 6:47v median +0:46
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Block 07 9:45Running 7 6:49v median +0:50
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Block 08 11:15Running 8 7:09v median +0:46
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:07
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.