The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Katie Mansell took 3rd of 10 in the 45–49 age group at Mechelen 2026, in 1:27:33.
Legs and stations told different stories: 73% of the field beaten on the runs, 44% on the stations. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 1:04. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:15 better against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Mechelen gained about 2:17. The fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division for Katie Mansell.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:11Running 1 4:23v median +0:05
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Block 02 7:09Running 2 4:57v median −0:24
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Block 03 10:48Running 3 4:58v median −0:31
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Block 04 12:50Running 4 5:03v median −0:32
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Block 05 10:33Running 5 5:07v median −0:34
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Block 06 7:22Running 6 5:01v median −0:34
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Block 07 10:14Running 7 4:59v median −0:32
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Block 08 11:37Running 8 5:29v median −0:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:58
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 169
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 169 women who finished.