The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Alp Akata finished 278th of 743 men in the Open division at Istanbul 2026, in 1:21:13, faster than 63% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 83% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 48% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:56 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:49 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Istanbul ran fast: the 324 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 3:07 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:27Running 1 4:07v median −1:12
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Block 02 7:16Running 2 3:45v median −0:41
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Block 03 9:11Running 3 4:31v median −0:15
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Block 04 9:13Running 4 4:13v median −0:32
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Block 05 9:15Running 5 4:13v median −0:39
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Block 06 6:11Running 6 4:02v median −0:42
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Block 07 10:10Running 7 3:50v median −0:53
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Block 08 10:50Running 8 4:41v median −0:46
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:47
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.