The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Héléna Rodriguez-Lopez finished 623rd of 776 women in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:48:57.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 2:49 slower than the median. A harder second half: 6:05 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 9:51Running 1 4:42v median +0:26
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Block 02 9:08Running 2 6:10v median +0:46
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Block 03 11:36Running 3 6:29v median +0:50
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Block 04 15:17Running 4 6:37v median +0:55
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Block 05 12:41Running 5 7:13v median +1:20
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Block 06 9:27Running 6 7:01v median +1:16
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Block 07 14:48Running 7 6:53v median +1:11
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Block 08 16:14Running 8 8:06v median +1:47
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:03
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.