The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Joe Saghbini finished 517th of 743 men in the Open division at Istanbul 2026, in 1:35:58.
The stations carried this race: faster than 45% of the field across all eight, against 20% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 1:41 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:30 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:44Running 1 5:55v median +0:36
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Block 02 8:40Running 2 5:53v median +1:27
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Block 03 8:50Running 3 5:06v median +0:20
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Block 04 12:17Running 4 5:18v median +0:33
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Block 05 11:53Running 5 6:20v median +1:28
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Block 06 8:14Running 6 6:27v median +1:43
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Block 07 12:31Running 7 6:06v median +1:23
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Block 08 11:42Running 8 5:49v median +0:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:15
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.