The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:50:43 at Mechelen 2026 put Gwen Verbeke 251st of 300 women in the Open division.
The burpee broad jumps cost the most time: 3:43 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:54 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 9:42Running 1 4:11v median −0:03
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Block 02 9:00Running 2 6:34v median +1:16
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Block 03 11:55Running 3 6:44v median +1:13
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Block 04 17:15Running 4 6:45v median +1:09
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Block 05 13:24Running 5 7:43v median +1:57
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Block 06 9:25Running 6 7:11v median +1:35
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Block 07 12:49Running 7 6:42v median +1:09
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Block 08 16:11Running 8 7:51v median +1:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:08
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.