The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:45:25 at Mechelen 2026 put Joyce Van Assen & Emily Blankers 931st of 1,017 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 41% of the field beaten on the stations, against 6% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 0:32 behind the median. 14:33 in the roxzone was slower than 98% 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 11:03Running 1 5:57v median +1:15
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Block 02 8:44Running 2 7:00v median +1:20
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Block 03 11:40Running 3 7:05v median +1:13
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Block 04 12:59Running 4 8:07v median +2:11
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Block 05 12:32Running 5 7:24v median +1:21
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Block 06 9:40Running 6 7:59v median +1:58
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Block 07 11:35Running 7 7:26v median +1:27
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Block 08 12:47Running 8 8:14v median +1:51
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:33
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.