The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Emilio Wietschel finished 486th of 743 men in the Open division at Istanbul 2026, in 1:33:58.
Legs and stations told different stories: 44% of the field beaten on the runs, 22% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:44. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:22 better 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 10:13Running 1 5:31v median +0:12
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Block 02 7:43Running 2 4:39v median +0:13
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Block 03 11:41Running 3 5:17v median +0:31
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Block 04 12:09Running 4 5:19v median +0:34
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Block 05 9:53Running 5 4:55v median +0:03
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Block 06 7:28Running 6 4:43v median −0:01
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Block 07 11:51Running 7 4:43v median +0:00
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Block 08 13:44Running 8 5:35v median +0:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:22
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.