The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Emir Alp Gür finished 634th of 743 men in the Open division at Istanbul 2026, in 1:46:27.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 3:16 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:41 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 10:25Running 1 5:34v median +0:15
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Block 02 8:18Running 2 4:52v median +0:26
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Block 03 11:30Running 3 5:18v median +0:32
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Block 04 12:38Running 4 5:31v median +0:46
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Block 05 10:35Running 5 5:32v median +0:40
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Block 06 8:22Running 6 5:26v median +0:42
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Block 07 14:37Running 7 5:57v median +1:14
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Block 08 16:32Running 8 7:05v median +1:38
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:37
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.