The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Marijke Michielsen & Cindy Cathoir finished 657th of 1,017 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:30:44.
A station race more than a running one: 48% of the field beaten on the stations, against 28% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:40 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:49 better 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 10:12Running 1 5:24v median +0:42
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Block 02 7:33Running 2 5:42v median +0:02
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Block 03 13:41Running 3 9:47v median +3:55
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Block 04 10:01Running 4 5:58v median +0:02
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Block 05 11:18Running 5 5:55v median −0:08
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Block 06 7:43Running 6 5:54v median −0:07
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Block 07 10:32Running 7 5:56v median −0:03
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Block 08 10:36Running 8 6:02v median −0:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:15
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.