The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Katrien Kroos & Asmaa Alaoui finished 869th of 1,017 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:39:27.
Legs and stations told different stories: 30% of the field beaten on the runs, 5% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 2:05 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:40 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Mechelen gave the field time back: about 3:08 faster than the average race this season, by 820 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:26Running 1 5:03v median +0:21
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Block 02 8:37Running 2 6:06v median +0:26
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Block 03 12:07Running 3 6:30v median +0:38
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Block 04 13:17Running 4 6:35v median +0:39
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Block 05 12:13Running 5 6:24v median +0:21
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Block 06 8:58Running 6 6:30v median +0:29
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Block 07 11:42Running 7 6:19v median +0:20
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Block 08 12:26Running 8 6:52v median +0:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:52
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.