The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Helen Spitznagel finished 473rd of 776 women in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:39:06.
Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 0:40 on the median. The wall balls cost the most time: 3:25 slower than the median. A harder second half: 5:54 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 9:21Running 1 4:11v median −0:05
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Block 02 8:08Running 2 5:16v median −0:08
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Block 03 10:44Running 3 5:58v median +0:19
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Block 04 12:41Running 4 6:01v median +0:19
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Block 05 11:17Running 5 6:03v median +0:10
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Block 06 7:43Running 6 6:00v median +0:15
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Block 07 11:35Running 7 5:49v median +0:07
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Block 08 17:31Running 8 7:26v median +1:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:15
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.