The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:34:12 at Mechelen 2026 put Nyomi Mbuyi Buabo & Kelly Vancraeynest 763rd of 1,017 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 50% of the field beaten on the runs, 23% on the stations. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:59 better against the middle of the field than the first. 13:44 in the roxzone was slower than 96% of the field.
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 10:21Running 1 5:05v median +0:23
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Block 02 7:23Running 2 5:30v median −0:10
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Block 03 10:16Running 3 5:29v median −0:23
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Block 04 11:05Running 4 5:50v median −0:06
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Block 05 12:14Running 5 6:20v median +0:17
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Block 06 7:59Running 6 5:56v median −0:05
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Block 07 10:46Running 7 5:51v median −0:08
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Block 08 10:31Running 8 6:37v median +0:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:44
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.