The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Quita van Vugt finished 220th of 300 women in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:42:14.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 2:26 ahead of the median. A harder second half: 2:41 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 14:50 in the roxzone was slower than 97% of the field.
Athletes who raced both Mechelen 2026 and Gent 2025 were 2:27 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:17Running 1 4:52v median +0:38
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Block 02 8:52Running 2 5:52v median +0:34
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Block 03 12:12Running 3 5:51v median +0:20
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Block 04 11:57Running 4 5:45v median +0:09
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Block 05 11:19Running 5 5:59v median +0:13
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Block 06 8:23Running 6 5:52v median +0:16
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Block 07 8:31Running 7 5:56v median +0:23
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Block 08 16:00Running 8 7:13v median +1:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:50
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.