The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:20:44 at Mechelen 2026 put Alisha Bycroft 117th of 776 women in the Open division, ahead of 85% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:21 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 4:26 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 7:12, was faster than 87% of the field.
Mechelen gave the field time back: about 2:17 faster than the average race this season, by 665 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:23Running 1 4:06v median −0:10
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Block 02 7:34Running 2 4:45v median −0:39
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Block 03 10:29Running 3 4:57v median −0:42
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Block 04 10:53Running 4 4:50v median −0:52
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Block 05 9:57Running 5 4:55v median −0:58
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Block 06 6:27Running 6 4:44v median −1:01
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Block 07 8:26Running 7 4:41v median −1:01
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Block 08 10:30Running 8 4:58v median −1:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:12
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 771
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 771 women who finished.