The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rakiel Ptr finished 167th of 169 women in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 2:23:14.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 6:50 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 34:06 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 10:20 in the roxzone was slower than 86% of the field.
Mechelen gave the field time back: about 2:17 faster than the average race this season, by 665 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:29Running 1 5:39v median +1:21
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Block 02 8:28Running 2 5:52v median +0:31
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Block 03 12:28Running 3 6:32v median +1:03
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Block 04 16:59Running 4 6:54v median +1:19
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Block 05 22:42Running 5 15:41v median +10:00
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Block 06 14:47Running 6 12:29v median +6:54
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Block 07 21:28Running 7 9:41v median +4:10
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Block 08 24:42Running 8 13:40v median +7:39
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:20
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.