The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Leanne Brown at Mechelen 2026: 1:15:18, 27th of 300 women in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 97% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 67% on the stations. A harder second half: 2:43 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. Quick through the roxzone: 6:19, ahead of 96% of the field.
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 8:19Running 1 3:14v median −1:00
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Block 02 6:30Running 2 4:08v median −1:10
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Block 03 8:30Running 3 4:17v median −1:14
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Block 04 9:01Running 4 4:14v median −1:22
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Block 05 9:18Running 5 4:16v median −1:30
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Block 06 6:22Running 6 4:20v median −1:16
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Block 07 7:53Running 7 4:15v median −1:18
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Block 08 13:12Running 8 4:38v median −1:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:19
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 298
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 298 women who finished.