The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:48:22 at Istanbul 2026 put Ömer Faruk Yavuz 647th of 743 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 30% of the field across all eight, against 9% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:06 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 14:20 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 10:44Running 1 6:05v median +0:46
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Block 02 7:55Running 2 4:56v median +0:30
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Block 03 9:50Running 3 5:37v median +0:51
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Block 04 11:13Running 4 5:31v median +0:46
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Block 05 12:54Running 5 7:37v median +2:45
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Block 06 10:21Running 6 7:16v median +2:32
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Block 07 15:32Running 7 8:02v median +3:19
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Block 08 15:33Running 8 7:32v median +2:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:31
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.