The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Inge Desimpele & Stefanie Hulsmans finished 751st of 1,017 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:33:46.
The stations carried this race: faster than 60% of the field across all eight, against 15% on the runs. A remarkably even set of stations, none more than 0:17 from the median.
Mechelen ran fast: the 820 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 3:08 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:32Running 1 5:01v median +0:19
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Block 02 8:01Running 2 6:17v median +0:37
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Block 03 12:02Running 3 7:57v median +2:05
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Block 04 11:36Running 4 6:58v median +1:02
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Block 05 12:06Running 5 7:12v median +1:09
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Block 06 8:15Running 6 6:28v median +0:27
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Block 07 11:19Running 7 7:17v median +1:18
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Block 08 11:25Running 8 7:20v median +0:57
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:37
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.