The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:32:57 at Mechelen 2026 put Sequoia Verstraete & Demi Brenders 727th of 1,017 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 50% of the field beaten on the stations, against 18% on the runs. A remarkably even set of stations, none more than 0:19 from the median.
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 9:17Running 1 4:26v median −0:16
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Block 02 8:49Running 2 6:48v median +1:08
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Block 03 11:35Running 3 7:27v median +1:35
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Block 04 11:16Running 4 6:52v median +0:56
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Block 05 12:24Running 5 7:06v median +1:03
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Block 06 9:06Running 6 7:01v median +1:00
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Block 07 10:32Running 7 6:55v median +0:56
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Block 08 11:06Running 8 6:48v median +0:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:58
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.