The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Raycho Grozev finished 576th of 743 men in the Open division at Istanbul 2026, in 1:40:35.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:54 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:09 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 10:49Running 1 5:59v median +0:40
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Block 02 7:54Running 2 5:07v median +0:41
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Block 03 10:54Running 3 5:19v median +0:33
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Block 04 13:13Running 4 5:27v median +0:42
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Block 05 11:09Running 5 5:42v median +0:50
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Block 06 8:02Running 6 5:24v median +0:40
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Block 07 11:44Running 7 5:12v median +0:29
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Block 08 17:06Running 8 6:30v median +1:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:52
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.