The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Emre Erden finished 198th of 222 men in the Pro division at Istanbul 2026, in 1:38:33.
The stations carried this race: faster than 26% of the field across all eight, against 5% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 3:05 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 11:37 in the roxzone was slower than 90% of the field.
Istanbul ran fast: the 134 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 3:10 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:20Running 1 6:10v median +1:27
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Block 02 8:57Running 2 5:20v median +1:29
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Block 03 10:51Running 3 5:33v median +1:26
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Block 04 11:33Running 4 5:53v median +1:45
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Block 05 10:26Running 5 6:05v median +1:53
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Block 06 8:13Running 6 5:49v median +1:42
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Block 07 12:23Running 7 5:53v median +1:41
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Block 08 14:20Running 8 7:00v median +2:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:37
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.