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MEDTRONIC TWIN CITIES MARATHON 2026

Luke Merchant

Minneapolis, MN

Bib: 3625 M 32

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Overall
#0 / 8418
Top 4%
Gender (Male)
#0 / 5160
Top 6%
Division (M30-34)
#0 / 971
Top 8%
Race Day Weather
50°/40°F
clear sky

Race Timeline

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FasterSteadySlower· vs. your average pace
Start
0:00
Race begins
5K· 3.11 mi
6:48/mi
21:09
↑ 158↓ 138
10K· 6.21 mi
6:48/mi
42:18
↑ 117↓ 126
15K· 9.32 mi
6:51/mi
1:03:34
↑ 126↓ 145
20K· 12.43 mi
6:42/mi
1:24:23
↑ 78↓ 100
25K· 15.53 mi
6:46/mi
1:45:25
↑ 118↓ 148
30K· 18.64 mi
6:49/mi
2:06:35
↑ 118↓ 98
35K· 21.75 mi
7:09/mi
2:28:48
↑ 162↓ 132
40K· 24.85 mi
8:19/mi
2:54:37
↑ 125↓ 75
Finish· 26.22 mi
8:25/mi
3:06:06
↑ 72↓ 85
Course Elevation
1,098ft
Total climb
158ft
Range
810 to 968 ft
1,059ft
Total descent
About the height of the Statue of Liberty

The Course

Half Splits

1st Half· via 20K
1:24:236:47 /mi⚡ faster
2nd Half
1:41:437:23 /mi+20.5%
Positive split — 20.5% slower in the second half
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Checkpoint Splits

CheckpointTimeAvg PaceSegment LengthSegment TimeSegment PaceTrendDiff
5K
21:096:483.11 mi21:09
6:48
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10K
42:186:483.10 mi21:09
6:48
0:00
15K
1:03:346:493.11 mi21:16
6:51
+0:03
20K
1:24:236:473.11 mi20:49
6:42
-0:09
25K
1:45:256:473.10 mi21:02
6:46
+0:04
30K
2:06:356:473.11 mi21:10
6:49
+0:03
35K
2:28:486:513.11 mi22:13
7:09
+0:20
40K
2:54:377:023.10 mi25:49
8:19
+1:10
Finish(26.22 mi)
3:06:067:061.37 mi11:29
8:25
+0:06
Trend:
Faster pace
Steady pace
Slower pace
Est.Checkpoint not recorded (estimated)
~Segment time uses estimated prior
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Checkpoints & Pacing

Pace Line

Fastest Pace

6:42 /mi

Average Pace

7:06 /mi

Slowest Pace

8:25 /mi

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Fastest
Middle
Slowest
Average

Segments

Time at Faster Pace

0:00

0% of race

Time at Steady Pace

2:06:35

68% of race

Time at Slower Pace

59:31

32% of race

Average Pace: 7:06 /mi

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0mi6.6mi13.1mi19.7mi26.2mi
Pace:
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Checkpoint and Segment Rankings

CheckpointSeg. DistOverallMalesM30-34Seg. OverallSeg. MalesSeg. M30-34
5K3.11 mi3102777131227870
10K3.10 mi328-18295-1878-734330981
15K3.11 mi324+4291+477+131227870
20K3.11 mi325-1292-174+331128064
25K3.10 mi289+36259+3364+1025222453
30K3.11 mi280+9250+965-124721756
35K3.11 mi276+4247+36530526567
40K3.10 mi325-49287-4073-81026797164
Finish(26.22 mi)1.37 mi344-19302-1574-116991237247

Segment Performance Analysis

10K→15K

0.0 - 3.1 mi

Top 4%
873 ft892 ft
↑ 158ft↓ 138ft
85 ft

Overall

312

Males

278

M30-34

70

5K→10K

3.1 - 6.2 mi

Top 4%
892 ft883 ft
↑ 117ft↓ 126ft
23 ft

Overall

343

Males

309

M30-34

81

10K→15K

6.2 - 9.3 mi

Top 4%
879 ft860 ft
↑ 126ft↓ 145ft
49 ft

Overall

312

Males

278

M30-34

70

15K→20K

9.3 - 12.4 mi

Top 4%
869 ft846 ft
↑ 78ft↓ 100ft
22 ft

Overall

311

Males

280

M30-34

64

20K→25K

12.4 - 15.5 mi

Top 3%
853 ft823 ft
↑ 118ft↓ 148ft
62 ft

Overall

252

Males

224

M30-34

53

25K→30K

15.5 - 18.6 mi

Top 3%
823 ft843 ft
↑ 118ft↓ 98ft
30 ft

Overall

247

Males

217

M30-34

56

30K→35K

18.6 - 21.8 mi

Top 4%
846 ft876 ft
↑ 162ft↓ 132ft
74 ft

Overall

305

Males

265

M30-34

67

35K→40K

21.8 - 24.9 mi

Top 12%
883 ft932 ft
↑ 125ft↓ 75ft
85 ft

Overall

1026

Males

797

M30-34

164

40K→Finish

24.9 - 26.2 mi

Top 20%
925 ft912 ft
↑ 72ft↓ 85ft
46 ft

Overall

1699

Males

1237

M30-34

247

Passing Analysis

No position changes recorded for this athlete.

Public Race Data

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