The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:39:08 at Mechelen 2026 put Heidi Michiels & Jana Baelus 864th of 1,017 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:15 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:19 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 11:21 in the roxzone was slower than 87% of the field.
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 10:12Running 1 4:51v median +0:09
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Block 02 8:05Running 2 6:00v median +0:20
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Block 03 11:14Running 3 6:36v median +0:44
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Block 04 11:29Running 4 6:31v median +0:35
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Block 05 11:57Running 5 6:41v median +0:38
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Block 06 8:46Running 6 6:46v median +0:45
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Block 07 13:04Running 7 6:53v median +0:54
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Block 08 13:06Running 8 7:15v median +0:52
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:21
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.