The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:46:37 at Istanbul 2026 put Orhan Bircan 637th of 743 men in the Open division.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 4:30. The race faded late: the second half went 9:47 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 15:33 in the roxzone was slower than 92% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Istanbul gained about 3:07.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:01Running 1 5:24v median +0:05
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Block 02 8:55Running 2 5:14v median +0:48
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Block 03 10:52Running 3 5:24v median +0:38
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Block 04 12:13Running 4 5:21v median +0:36
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Block 05 10:58Running 5 6:03v median +1:11
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Block 06 8:20Running 6 5:40v median +0:56
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Block 07 11:04Running 7 6:43v median +2:00
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Block 08 18:49Running 8 7:37v median +2:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 15:33
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.