The race, in three figures
The race, in words
BURAK YILDIZ finished 526th of 743 men in the Open division at Istanbul 2026, in 1:36:39.
Legs and stations told different stories: 49% of the field beaten on the runs, 13% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 3:46 behind the median. A harder second half: 7:23 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 9:44Running 1 5:08v median −0:11
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Block 02 7:59Running 2 4:12v median −0:14
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Block 03 9:38Running 3 4:35v median −0:11
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Block 04 11:42Running 4 4:45v median +0:00
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Block 05 10:15Running 5 5:10v median +0:18
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Block 06 8:46Running 6 4:51v median +0:07
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Block 07 14:03Running 7 4:53v median +0:10
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Block 08 14:55Running 8 6:08v median +0:41
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:48
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.