Description
RTM 2027
Ten distances. Personal targets. One year.
Ten Race Weekends. Three Flex Runs. One complete RTM year.
RTM entry puts you on the start line for the complete Race The Machine 2027 season.
From January to October, runners around the world take on ten different distances across ten shared Race Weekends.
Your first result establishes your starting level. After that, The Machine sets personalised targets that adapt as your results come in and your RTM Score develops.
This is not a one-off race. This is a year-long system.
Can’t make every Race Weekend? You don’t need to.
You have three Flex Runs to complete or re-run official distances outside their scheduled weekends, and you only need to complete 7 of the 10 distances to Beat The Machine 2027.
Choose whether you want an earned finisher reward when you join. Complete seven distances to unlock any reward included with your membership.
The distance is shared. The target is yours.
Choose Your Membership
Everyone enters the same complete RTM 2027 season.
Choose:
1. How you want to pay
Annual Membership
Pay for your membership once per year.
Monthly Membership
Spread the cost across monthly payments.
2. How you want to mark completion
Choose:
- Entry only
- Earned organic cotton T-shirt
Whichever option you choose, the RTM challenge itself is exactly the same.
Complete 7 of the 10 official distances to Beat The Machine 2027 and unlock any earned t-shirt included with your membership.
Physical rewards are not sent simply because you joined.
Beat The Machine. Earn your reward.
Membership, Payments & Cancellation
Annual Membership
Annual Membership renews once per year.
If you want to continue into the next RTM season, simply keep your membership active.
You can cancel at any time before your next annual renewal.
Cancel before renewal and you will not be charged for another year. There is no requirement to continue into the following year.
Monthly Membership
Monthly Membership lets you spread the cost rather than pay annually.
Your monthly membership begins immediately and has the minimum payment commitment shown with your selected option.
After the minimum commitment has been completed, your membership continues until cancelled.
You can cancel future monthly renewals once your minimum commitment has been met.
The selected price and payment terms are shown before you enter.
180 entrants on the 2027 start line…
Not ready to join yet?
Join the RTM 2027 Start Line List.
This is for runners who are genuinely considering the complete season but aren’t ready to enter yet.
Get the important updates and entry deadlines as the season approaches, then decide whether you’re on the start line.
JOIN THE START LINE LIST — FREE
🗺️ The RTM 2027 Race Calendar
Every official RTM distance has its own worldwide Race Weekend.
Run the distance during its scheduled Friday–Sunday weekend and it does not use a Flex Run.
Need to complete it another time — or want another attempt outside its Race Weekend? Use one of your three Flex Runs.
| Race | Distance | Official RTM Race Weekend |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | 4K — Drop | 1–3 Jan |
| 02 | 1 Mile | 5–7 Feb |
| 03 | 5K | 5–7 Mar |
| 04 | 10K | 2–4 Apr |
| 05 | 6.66K | 7–9 May |
| 06 | 15K | 4–6 Jun |
| 07 | 5 Miles | 2–4 Jul |
| 08 | 50 Minutes — How Far Can You Go? | 6–8 Aug |
| 09 | 10 Miles | 3–5 Sep |
| 10 | Half Marathon | 1–3 Oct |
Race Weekends run from Friday to Sunday, wherever you are in the world.
Race the distance as many times as you like during the official weekend. Submit one result for that Race Weekend.
Run on roads, trails, treadmills or tracks — or use a performance from another event.
No fixed route.
No mass start.
No physical reward merely for entering.
Just the distance, the weekend and your Machine target.
4K Public Drop
The opening 4K Race Weekend is also an RTM Drop.
Non-members can enter the 4K for free and join the worldwide Race Weekend without entering the complete RTM season.
Full RTM entrants take on the same 4K as part of their ten-distance year.
⚡ Three Flex Runs
Life does not always follow the race calendar.
Every RTM 2027 entrant gets three Flex Runs.
A Flex Run lets you complete or re-run one of the official RTM distances at another point during 2027, outside its scheduled Race Weekend.
Run during the official Race Weekend and you never use a Flex — even if you have already completed that distance before.
Submit an accepted result during 2027 outside that distance’s official Race Weekend and you use one Flex.
That means you can fit important races, holidays, work, illness and your own running plans around RTM without removing the shared rhythm of the season.
Use them early. Save them for later. Use all three chasing a result.
They are yours.
🤖 Your Personal Targets
RTM is not built around chasing your PB every time you run.
It is built around something more useful: an achievable target based on what The Machine believes you should be capable of now.
Your first submitted result establishes your starting level.
After that, The Machine sets personalised targets that adapt as your results come in and your RTM Score develops.
As your results change, your targets change.
Run well and The Machine responds.
Have a difficult race and the system responds to that too.
Every result helps shape what comes next.
You are not racing somebody else’s pace. You are racing what The Machine predicts you can do.
📊 RTM Score
Your RTM Score develops as results are submitted across the season.
It shows how you are performing against The Machine across different distances — not simply how fast you are compared with everybody else.
The worldwide field still matters.
But the central opponent is personal.
Beat your target. Make The Machine reconsider.
🏆 Beat The Machine 2027
RTM recognises three levels of progress across the year:
- 4 distances — RTM Verified
- 7 distances — Beat The Machine 2027
- 10 distances — Machine Accomplished 2027
RTM Verified — 4/10
Stay in the system long enough for The Machine to get to know you.
Beat The Machine — 7/10
Complete any seven official RTM distances and you have completed the central RTM mission.
Beat The Machine 2027.
If your membership includes an earned physical reward, completing seven — together with any applicable payment requirement — unlocks it.
Machine Accomplished — 10/10
Complete the entire ten-distance season.
Machine Accomplished 2027.
👕🏅 Earn the T-shirt. Unlock the Medal.
Want something physical to mark the year?
Choose the earned Beat The Machine 2027 T-shirt when you enter, then complete 7 official RTM distances to unlock it.
The medal works differently.
Complete 7 of the 10 official distances to Beat The Machine and you’ll also unlock access to the official 2027 Finisher’s Medal.
No medal is automatically included with entry.
Finish first. Then decide whether you actually want one.
Beat The Machine 2027 T-shirt
Choose the earned T-shirt entry when you join.
Complete 7 official RTM distances and your T-shirt is unlocked.
- Unisex organic cotton
- Choose red or black
- Official Beat The Machine 2027 design
- Free worldwide shipping once earned
2027 Finisher’s Medal
Complete 7 official RTM distances to unlock access to the official 2027 Finisher’s Medal.
- Available only to verified finishers
- Not included automatically with entry
- Not available simply because you entered
- Optional to purchase once unlocked
- No unwanted medal is produced and sent just for the sake of it
Beat The Machine first. Then decide if you want the wood to prove it.
💡 Why Join RTM?
- Personalised Targets — after calibration, every race gives you something specific to beat
- Ten Race Weekends — ten shared worldwide race moments across the season
- Three Flex Runs — when your own calendar matters more
- Ten Different Distances — from 1 Mile to Half Marathon, plus distinctly RTM challenges including 6.66K and 50 Minutes — How Far Can You Go?
- A Year That Responds — your targets adapt as your performances change
- RTM Score — see how you are performing against The Machine
- A Worldwide Field — take on the same assignment wherever you are
- Beat The Machine — complete any seven distances
- Machine Accomplished — complete all ten
- Optional Earned Rewards — T-shirt, wooden medal, both or neither
- Pay Your Way — choose annual or monthly membership
- Continuity — keep your membership active and stay with RTM into the next season
RTM is built to give each result a consequence.
Run. Submit. See what The Machine does next.
🌍 Race Wherever You Are
RTM has no fixed start line.
Race from Dundee, Melbourne, London, New York or anywhere else you happen to be.
Choose your own:
- Route
- Surface
- Start time
- Location
- Who you run with
Run alone or with other people.
You can also use a result from an organised race that matches the official RTM distance.
If that race takes place during the distance’s official RTM Race Weekend, it counts as your Race Weekend result.
If it takes place outside that distance’s Race Weekend, submitting it uses one of your Flex Runs.
What connects the field is simple:
the same distance, during the same Race Weekend.
Different routes. Different weather. Different sides of the world.
Same Machine.
⚙️ How It Works — Step by Step
1. Choose Your Membership
Choose annual or monthly payment, then decide whether you want entry only, the earned T-shirt, the earned wooden medal, or both.
Every option enters the same complete RTM 2027 season.
2. Race Your First Distance
Join an official RTM Race Weekend or use one of your Flex Runs.
3. Submit Your Result
Your opening performance establishes your starting level.
4. Receive Your Targets
After your first result, The Machine starts setting personalised targets based on what you have shown it.
5. Race Across the Season
A different RTM distance arrives on each official Race Weekend.
Make as many attempts as you like during the official weekend.
6. Use Your Flex Runs
You have three opportunities to complete or re-run official distances outside their scheduled weekends.
Each accepted off-calendar result uses one Flex Run.
7. Watch The Machine Respond
Submit each result.
Your RTM Score develops and the targets ahead adapt.
8. Complete Seven
Complete any seven official distances to:
Beat The Machine 2027.
If your membership includes an earned physical reward, completing seven and meeting any applicable payment requirement unlocks it.
9. Go For All Ten
The season does not stop because you reached seven.
Complete every official distance and become:
Machine Accomplished 2027.
What Runners Say 💬
⭐️ “Far superior to other events out there.”
— Maria Merridan, Corby Glen
⭐️ “Thanks to this challenge, I had the confidence to tackle the world’s biggest marathon.”
— John Todd, Derby
Beat It. Earn It. Keep Chasing. ⚡
Ten distances. Personal targets. One year.
Ten Race Weekends.
Three Flex Runs.
Seven to Beat The Machine.
Ten to become Machine Accomplished.
The distance is shared. The target is yours.
I’ll be watching. Processing. Encouraging… slightly ominously.
— The Machine
#KeepChasing
By entering, you agree to the RTM/X10 Terms of Entry/Disclaimer, including the participant safety requirements.
