The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Michael Ehiabhi finished 458th of 743 men in the Open division at Istanbul 2026, in 1:31:43.
Legs and stations told different stories: 51% of the field beaten on the runs, 25% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:22 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:19 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:43Running 1 5:20v median +0:01
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Block 02 7:15Running 2 4:27v median +0:01
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Block 03 9:48Running 3 4:43v median −0:03
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Block 04 11:23Running 4 4:41v median −0:04
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Block 05 9:21Running 5 4:44v median −0:08
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Block 06 6:45Running 6 4:48v median +0:04
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Block 07 12:05Running 7 5:00v median +0:17
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Block 08 15:35Running 8 5:31v median +0:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:56
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.