The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:35:30 at Mechelen 2026 put Margaux Picarelle 186th of 300 women in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 52% of the field beaten on the runs, 28% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:11 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:07 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 9:51Running 1 4:07v median −0:07
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Block 02 7:52Running 2 5:07v median −0:11
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Block 03 11:16Running 3 5:21v median −0:10
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Block 04 13:16Running 4 5:29v median −0:07
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Block 05 11:03Running 5 5:40v median −0:06
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Block 06 8:13Running 6 5:50v median +0:14
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Block 07 11:21Running 7 5:38v median +0:05
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Block 08 13:56Running 8 6:18v median +0:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:51
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.