The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:39:08 at Mechelen 2026 put Femke Jacobs 122nd of 169 women in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 40% of the field beaten on the runs, 19% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:56. The race faded late: the second half went 1:52 worse 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:09Running 1 4:07v median −0:11
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Block 02 7:34Running 2 5:14v median −0:07
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Block 03 11:30Running 3 5:44v median +0:15
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Block 04 14:07Running 4 5:58v median +0:23
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Block 05 12:04Running 5 6:03v median +0:22
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Block 06 8:31Running 6 5:50v median +0:15
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Block 07 11:05Running 7 5:42v median +0:11
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Block 08 15:51Running 8 6:26v median +0:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:22
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.