The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Eser Güçyener finished 581st of 743 men in the Open division at Istanbul 2026, in 1:41:15.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:03 behind the median. A harder second half: 6:09 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 10:31Running 1 5:37v median +0:18
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Block 02 7:26Running 2 4:31v median +0:05
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Block 03 11:16Running 3 4:47v median +0:01
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Block 04 11:50Running 4 4:39v median −0:06
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Block 05 10:03Running 5 5:01v median +0:09
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Block 06 7:25Running 6 4:56v median +0:12
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Block 07 12:34Running 7 5:07v median +0:24
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Block 08 17:26Running 8 10:13v median +4:46
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:52
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.