The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:40:57 at Mechelen 2026 put Babet Elias 213th of 300 women in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:07 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:45 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:32 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 10:04Running 1 4:13v median −0:01
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Block 02 7:40Running 2 5:40v median +0:22
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Block 03 12:09Running 3 6:52v median +1:21
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Block 04 14:10Running 4 6:39v median +1:03
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Block 05 12:18Running 5 6:28v median +0:42
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Block 06 8:37Running 6 6:04v median +0:28
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Block 07 9:32Running 7 5:38v median +0:05
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Block 08 15:48Running 8 6:36v median +0:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:49
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.