The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tamer Kaya Akçay finished 603rd of 743 men in the Open division at Istanbul 2026, in 1:42:42.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:16. The race faded late: the second half went 2:26 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 10:41Running 1 5:36v median +0:17
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Block 02 9:10Running 2 4:49v median +0:23
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Block 03 11:08Running 3 4:54v median +0:08
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Block 04 12:01Running 4 5:03v median +0:18
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Block 05 10:16Running 5 5:16v median +0:24
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Block 06 9:17Running 6 5:31v median +0:47
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Block 07 11:49Running 7 5:38v median +0:55
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Block 08 15:24Running 8 6:26v median +0:59
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:03
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.