The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:27:14 at Mechelen 2026 put Laurie Payne on the age-group podium: 2nd of 12 in the 45–49 age group.
Legs and stations told different stories: 74% of the field beaten on the runs, 45% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:45 on the median. The wall balls cost the most time: 1:59 slower than the median.
Mechelen ran fast: the 665 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:17 quicker here than at their other races. Laurie Payne's fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:08Running 1 4:01v median −0:13
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Block 02 7:05Running 2 4:51v median −0:27
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Block 03 10:35Running 3 4:56v median −0:35
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Block 04 11:56Running 4 5:04v median −0:32
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Block 05 10:22Running 5 5:17v median −0:29
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Block 06 7:18Running 6 5:14v median −0:22
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Block 07 9:19Running 7 5:03v median −0:30
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Block 08 13:53Running 8 5:27v median −0:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:45
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.