The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Joyce Porto finished 257th of 300 women in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:53:09.
A station race more than a running one: 28% of the field beaten on the stations, against 6% on the runs. The burpee broad jumps cost the most time: 1:55 slower than the median. 11:42 in the roxzone was slower than 86% 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 10:02Running 1 4:54v median +0:40
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Block 02 9:29Running 2 6:39v median +1:21
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Block 03 13:04Running 3 7:17v median +1:46
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Block 04 16:10Running 4 7:28v median +1:52
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Block 05 13:23Running 5 8:09v median +2:23
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Block 06 9:39Running 6 7:41v median +2:05
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Block 07 13:39Running 7 7:47v median +2:14
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Block 08 16:09Running 8 8:23v median +2:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:42
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.