The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ella Surmont & Alexe Verbrugghe finished 672nd of 1,017 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:31:08.
A station race more than a running one: 59% of the field beaten on the stations, against 29% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 1:19 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Mechelen gained about 3:08.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:36Running 1 4:49v median +0:07
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Block 02 7:48Running 2 6:08v median +0:28
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Block 03 10:08Running 3 6:20v median +0:28
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Block 04 11:08Running 4 6:38v median +0:42
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Block 05 11:49Running 5 6:42v median +0:39
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Block 06 8:47Running 6 6:34v median +0:33
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Block 07 9:58Running 7 6:19v median +0:20
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Block 08 11:12Running 8 7:05v median +0:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:48
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.