The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:32:11 at Mechelen 2026 put Lerato Kotelo 162nd of 300 women in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 62% of the field across all eight, against 42% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 0:39 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:26 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 8:58Running 1 4:09v median −0:05
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Block 02 7:44Running 2 5:22v median +0:04
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Block 03 9:51Running 3 5:28v median −0:03
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Block 04 12:09Running 4 5:29v median −0:07
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Block 05 11:38Running 5 6:18v median +0:32
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Block 06 8:24Running 6 5:55v median +0:19
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Block 07 10:37Running 7 5:52v median +0:19
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Block 08 12:44Running 8 6:52v median +0:43
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:15
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.