The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Laureen Rouard & Audray Derycke finished 816th of 1,017 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:36:45.
A station race more than a running one: 63% of the field beaten on the stations, against 8% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:39 on the median. A harder second half: 2:28 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 9:58Running 1 5:22v median +0:40
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Block 02 8:38Running 2 6:44v median +1:04
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Block 03 10:56Running 3 7:19v median +1:27
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Block 04 11:10Running 4 7:12v median +1:16
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Block 05 12:12Running 5 7:17v median +1:14
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Block 06 9:45Running 6 7:40v median +1:39
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Block 07 11:54Running 7 7:45v median +1:46
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Block 08 12:42Running 8 8:27v median +2:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:39
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.