The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Istanbul 2026, Abderrahmane Tazi crossed the line in 1:24:17: 347th of 743 men, faster than 53% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 65% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 42% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:38. A harder second half: 1:07 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 10:34Running 1 5:53v median +0:34
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Block 02 7:02Running 2 4:24v median −0:02
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Block 03 9:13Running 3 4:33v median −0:13
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Block 04 9:44Running 4 4:24v median −0:21
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Block 05 9:12Running 5 4:27v median −0:25
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Block 06 6:45Running 6 4:21v median −0:23
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Block 07 11:20Running 7 4:18v median −0:25
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Block 08 11:38Running 8 4:35v median −0:52
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:55
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.