The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:08:45 at Mechelen 2026 put Terry Roberts on the age-group podium: 2nd of 51 in the 45–49 age group.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:23 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:12 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 6:08, was faster than 90% 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. Terry Roberts's fastest of 3 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:35Running 1 3:09v median −0:29
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Block 02 6:26Running 2 3:58v median −0:33
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Block 03 7:46Running 3 4:01v median −0:46
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Block 04 8:44Running 4 4:01v median −0:48
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Block 05 8:31Running 5 4:02v median −0:57
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Block 06 5:37Running 6 3:57v median −0:54
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Block 07 7:31Running 7 3:55v median −0:54
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Block 08 10:38Running 8 4:19v median −1:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:08
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 556
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 556 men who finished.