The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:32:32 at Mechelen 2026 put Léa Valcke & Tiffanie Herreman 711th of 1,017 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 47% of the field across all eight, against 22% on the runs. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 0:46 slower than the median. A harder second half: 2:35 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 9:25Running 1 4:49v median +0:07
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Block 02 7:53Running 2 6:10v median +0:30
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Block 03 10:50Running 3 6:27v median +0:35
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Block 04 10:50Running 4 6:23v median +0:27
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Block 05 12:06Running 5 6:58v median +0:55
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Block 06 8:28Running 6 6:38v median +0:37
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Block 07 11:47Running 7 7:05v median +1:06
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Block 08 11:54Running 8 7:36v median +1:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:26
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.