The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:42:49 at Mechelen 2026 put Barbora Laiblova & Svitlana Starodub 916th of 1,017 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 47% of the field beaten on the stations, against 9% on the runs. A harder second half: 11:42 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 15:20 in the roxzone was slower than 99% 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 8:50Running 1 4:05v median −0:37
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Block 02 11:12Running 2 9:19v median +3:39
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Block 03 6:59Running 3 2:24v median −3:28
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Block 04 13:09Running 4 9:23v median +3:27
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Block 05 8:15Running 5 2:32v median −3:31
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Block 06 11:19Running 6 9:29v median +3:28
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Block 07 13:37Running 7 9:32v median +3:33
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Block 08 14:16Running 8 9:52v median +3:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 15:20
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.