The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:13:07 at Istanbul 2026 put Michail Karagiorgos 135th of 743 men in the Open division, ahead of 82% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 92% of the field beaten on the runs, 64% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:00 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:27 better against the middle of the field than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Istanbul gained about 3:07.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:22Running 1 4:09v median −1:10
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Block 02 5:45Running 2 3:36v median −0:50
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Block 03 8:15Running 3 3:49v median −0:57
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Block 04 10:30Running 4 4:17v median −0:28
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Block 05 8:02Running 5 3:38v median −1:14
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Block 06 5:20Running 6 3:38v median −1:06
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Block 07 8:01Running 7 3:37v median −1:06
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Block 08 11:00Running 8 4:16v median −1:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:00
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 735
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 735 men who finished.