The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Emily Bakker finished 226th of 300 women in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:43:19.
The stations carried this race: faster than 58% of the field across all eight, against 17% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 2:32 on the median. 13:18 in the roxzone was slower than 94% of the field.
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 10:28Running 1 5:23v median +1:09
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Block 02 8:52Running 2 6:21v median +1:03
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Block 03 12:46Running 3 6:31v median +1:00
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Block 04 13:59Running 4 6:40v median +1:04
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Block 05 12:20Running 5 7:00v median +1:14
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Block 06 8:54Running 6 6:49v median +1:13
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Block 07 8:56Running 7 6:27v median +0:54
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Block 08 13:55Running 8 7:38v median +1:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:18
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.