The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:47:06 at Mechelen 2026 put Catherine Michel 238th of 300 women in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 35% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 14% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 3:57 slower than the median. A harder second half: 5:49 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 9:28Running 1 4:14v median +0:00
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Block 02 8:13Running 2 5:39v median +0:21
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Block 03 11:57Running 3 5:44v median +0:13
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Block 04 15:13Running 4 5:47v median +0:11
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Block 05 11:25Running 5 6:09v median +0:23
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Block 06 8:17Running 6 5:56v median +0:20
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Block 07 13:49Running 7 5:52v median +0:19
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Block 08 17:54Running 8 7:30v median +1:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:00
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.