The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Irene Van Den Hof finished 209th of 300 women in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:39:51.
The stations carried this race: faster than 45% of the field across all eight, against 21% on the runs. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 0:41. The race faded late: the second half went 1:50 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Mechelen ran fast: the 665 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:17 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:50Running 1 4:49v median +0:35
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Block 02 8:20Running 2 5:59v median +0:41
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Block 03 10:59Running 3 6:14v median +0:43
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Block 04 14:09Running 4 7:06v median +1:30
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Block 05 11:30Running 5 6:24v median +0:38
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Block 06 9:23Running 6 6:33v median +0:57
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Block 07 12:12Running 7 6:30v median +0:57
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Block 08 14:16Running 8 7:14v median +1:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:21
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.