The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:00:49 at Mechelen 2026 put Tom Martz on the age-group podium: 2nd of 119 in the 16–24 age group.
The burpee broad jumps were where this race was made, 2:24 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:07 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 5:18, was faster than 98% of the field.
Mechelen gave the field time back: about 3:00 faster than the average race this season, by 1,568 athletes who raced both. Tom Martz's fastest of 5 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:52Running 1 2:43v median −0:58
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Block 02 5:38Running 2 3:29v median −1:06
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Block 03 7:00Running 3 3:41v median −1:11
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Block 04 6:51Running 4 3:44v median −1:08
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Block 05 8:06Running 5 3:45v median −1:17
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Block 06 5:20Running 6 3:42v median −1:12
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Block 07 7:11Running 7 3:40v median −1:12
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Block 08 8:39Running 8 4:03v median −1:20
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:18
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 743
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 743 men who finished.