The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Umut Solmaz finished 651st of 743 men in the Open division at Istanbul 2026, in 1:49:02.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 3:14 slower than the median. A harder second half: 4:12 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 14:06, behind 87% of the field.
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 11:40Running 1 6:38v median +1:19
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Block 02 8:06Running 2 5:15v median +0:49
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Block 03 11:09Running 3 5:25v median +0:39
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Block 04 13:35Running 4 5:27v median +0:42
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Block 05 11:14Running 5 5:27v median +0:35
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Block 06 8:45Running 6 5:28v median +0:44
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Block 07 13:54Running 7 5:16v median +0:33
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Block 08 16:40Running 8 6:47v median +1:20
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:06
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.