The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:34:33 at Istanbul 2026 put Umut can Temurbuğa 493rd of 743 men in the Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 62% of the field beaten on the stations, against 15% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 0:43 on the median. A harder second half: 5:23 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 8:56Running 1 4:52v median −0:27
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Block 02 8:38Running 2 6:01v median +1:35
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Block 03 10:22Running 3 6:21v median +1:35
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Block 04 11:12Running 4 6:17v median +1:32
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Block 05 11:00Running 5 6:33v median +1:41
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Block 06 8:51Running 6 6:36v median +1:52
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Block 07 11:58Running 7 6:41v median +1:58
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Block 08 13:02Running 8 6:08v median +0:41
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:41
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.