It’s 9 a.m., and the Pasadena Convention Center is already reaching max capacity to watch the men take on Semifinals Linda. The crowd is roaring and the floor rumbles at each drop of the barbell.
As the final heat floods in, Colten Mertens — who had fans on their feet just the night before in Test 2 — joins the top 20 men on the field. He wasn’t striking in the first few rounds, so the crowd's attention gravitated toward Justin Medeiros and Patrick Vellner in the middle of the field. But in the round of six, Mertens began to lap every man on the competition floor. With just 1 rep remaining in each movement, all eyes were glued to Mertens and he had the crowd on its feet once again.
At the final clean, Mertens hopped over his bar and walked to his finish mat. He looked as though he could jump back in with the rest of the field and continue working.
With 11:06.99 posted on the clock, Mertens stole the world record for Individual Test 3, set first by Samuel Cournoyer at the North America East Semifinal, by almost 1 minute.
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