The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Raymond Booysen finished 379th of 743 men in the Open division at Istanbul 2026, in 1:25:56.
The stations carried this race: faster than 83% of the field across all eight, against 31% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 2:50 ahead of the median. A harder second half: 1:04 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Istanbul gave the field time back: about 3:07 faster than the average race this season, by 324 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:27Running 1 6:13v median +0:54
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Block 02 6:58Running 2 5:02v median +0:36
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Block 03 9:01Running 3 5:15v median +0:29
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Block 04 10:36Running 4 5:17v median +0:32
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Block 05 9:44Running 5 5:20v median +0:28
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Block 06 7:25Running 6 5:14v median +0:30
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Block 07 7:47Running 7 5:13v median +0:30
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Block 08 11:58Running 8 5:48v median +0:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:08
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.