The race, in three figures
The race, in words
CEVDET DÖNMEZ finished 578th of 743 men in the Open division at Istanbul 2026, in 1:40:58.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:33 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:36 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Istanbul ran fast: the 324 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 3:07 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:55Running 1 5:15v median −0:04
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Block 02 9:43Running 2 5:21v median +0:55
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Block 03 12:07Running 3 5:16v median +0:30
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Block 04 11:33Running 4 4:55v median +0:10
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Block 05 9:55Running 5 5:14v median +0:22
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Block 06 8:47Running 6 5:42v median +0:58
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Block 07 13:05Running 7 5:08v median +0:25
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Block 08 15:33Running 8 6:19v median +0:52
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:29
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.