The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Catherine Billiet & Olivia Ceulemans finished 886th of 1,017 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:40:48.
The stations carried this race: faster than 32% of the field across all eight, against 9% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 1:43 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 11:15 in the roxzone was slower than 86% of the field.
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 10:18Running 1 5:33v median +0:51
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Block 02 8:35Running 2 6:48v median +1:08
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Block 03 10:36Running 3 7:04v median +1:12
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Block 04 13:24Running 4 7:11v median +1:15
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Block 05 12:42Running 5 7:22v median +1:19
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Block 06 9:02Running 6 7:11v median +1:10
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Block 07 11:28Running 7 7:34v median +1:35
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Block 08 13:36Running 8 8:11v median +1:48
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:15
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.