The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rachel May finished 188th of 300 women in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:35:56.
The runs carried this race: faster than 54% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 25% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:08. The race faded late: the second half went 1:35 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Mechelen gave the field time back: about 2:17 faster than the average race this season, by 665 athletes who raced both. Rachel May's fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:23Running 1 4:13v median −0:01
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Block 02 7:32Running 2 5:07v median −0:11
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Block 03 11:19Running 3 5:12v median −0:19
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Block 04 13:23Running 4 5:21v median −0:15
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Block 05 10:54Running 5 5:37v median −0:09
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Block 06 7:19Running 6 5:37v median +0:01
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Block 07 12:09Running 7 5:38v median +0:05
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Block 08 14:58Running 8 6:23v median +0:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:07
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.