The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Abdulkadir Kaya finished 622nd of 743 men in the Open division at Istanbul 2026, in 1:44:33.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:04 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:43 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:51Running 1 5:48v median +0:29
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Block 02 8:13Running 2 5:02v median +0:36
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Block 03 10:53Running 3 5:43v median +0:57
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Block 04 14:06Running 4 6:51v median +2:06
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Block 05 12:05Running 5 6:48v median +1:56
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Block 06 8:28Running 6 5:58v median +1:14
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Block 07 13:25Running 7 5:57v median +1:14
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Block 08 15:01Running 8 6:22v median +0:55
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:39
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.