The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Laura Montecavalli finished 270th of 300 women in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:59:17.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 3:36 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:22 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. The fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division for Laura Montecavalli.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:04Running 1 5:25v median +1:11
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Block 02 10:14Running 2 6:37v median +1:19
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Block 03 13:43Running 3 6:58v median +1:27
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Block 04 16:30Running 4 7:01v median +1:25
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Block 05 13:07Running 5 7:17v median +1:31
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Block 06 10:31Running 6 7:13v median +1:37
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Block 07 15:58Running 7 7:21v median +1:48
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Block 08 17:29Running 8 8:09v median +2:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:51
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.