The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Natalie Shaw finished 221st of 300 women in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:42:41.
Legs and stations told different stories: 52% of the field beaten on the runs, 15% on the stations. On the sled pull the field had the edge, by 4:29.
Mechelen gave the field time back: about 2:17 faster than the average race this season, by 665 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:17Running 1 3:41v median −0:33
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Block 02 7:52Running 2 5:03v median −0:15
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Block 03 15:03Running 3 5:32v median +0:01
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Block 04 13:06Running 4 5:19v median −0:17
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Block 05 11:20Running 5 5:34v median −0:12
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Block 06 8:18Running 6 5:52v median +0:16
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Block 07 11:47Running 7 5:45v median +0:12
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Block 08 15:49Running 8 6:48v median +0:39
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:19
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.