The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Julia Mallens & Inge Verhees finished 695th of 1,017 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:31:56.
Legs and stations told different stories: 50% of the field beaten on the runs, 12% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 1:16 slower than the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:13 better 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 9:45Running 1 4:41v median −0:01
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Block 02 8:05Running 2 6:00v median +0:20
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Block 03 10:41Running 3 5:54v median +0:02
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Block 04 11:58Running 4 6:08v median +0:12
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Block 05 12:04Running 5 6:31v median +0:28
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Block 06 8:03Running 6 5:59v median −0:02
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Block 07 10:45Running 7 5:33v median −0:26
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Block 08 11:13Running 8 5:48v median −0:35
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:28
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.