The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:48:32 at Mechelen 2026 put Melissa Garcia-Paz 244th of 300 women in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 44% of the field beaten on the runs, 7% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 7:45 behind the median. A harder second half: 5:41 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Mechelen gave the field time back: about 2:17 faster than the average race this season, by 665 athletes who raced both. The fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division for Melissa Garcia-Paz.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:05Running 1 4:08v median −0:06
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Block 02 7:42Running 2 5:19v median +0:01
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Block 03 12:51Running 3 5:43v median +0:12
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Block 04 15:43Running 4 5:50v median +0:14
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Block 05 12:14Running 5 6:16v median +0:30
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Block 06 9:17Running 6 5:53v median +0:17
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Block 07 11:51Running 7 5:36v median +0:03
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Block 08 20:35Running 8 6:23v median +0:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:23
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.