The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:47:00 at Mechelen 2026 put Julia Rumsch 595th of 776 women in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 40% of the field across all eight, against 14% on the runs. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:23. The race faded late: the second half went 1:12 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
The field ran 2:27 faster at Mechelen 2026 than at Gent 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:27Running 1 5:09v median +0:53
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Block 02 9:28Running 2 6:13v median +0:49
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Block 03 11:58Running 3 6:23v median +0:44
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Block 04 14:32Running 4 6:58v median +1:16
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Block 05 13:29Running 5 8:14v median +2:21
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Block 06 8:58Running 6 6:26v median +0:41
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Block 07 13:16Running 7 6:47v median +1:05
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Block 08 13:31Running 8 6:52v median +0:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:27
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.