The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Christian Lindequist took 3rd of 12 in the 45–49 age group at Istanbul 2026, in 1:10:31.
Legs and stations told different stories: 80% of the field beaten on the runs, 57% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 0:58 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:45 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Istanbul gave the field time back: about 3:10 faster than the average race this season, by 134 athletes who raced both. The fastest of 2 finishes in the Pro division for Christian Lindequist.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:40Running 1 4:26v median −0:17
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Block 02 6:54Running 2 3:34v median −0:17
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Block 03 8:40Running 3 3:38v median −0:29
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Block 04 8:03Running 4 3:39v median −0:29
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Block 05 7:57Running 5 3:44v median −0:28
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Block 06 5:30Running 6 3:45v median −0:22
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Block 07 8:32Running 7 3:43v median −0:29
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Block 08 9:21Running 8 4:05v median −0:34
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:02
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 221
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 221 men who finished.