The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Vikesh Kakad finished 660th of 743 men in the Open division at Istanbul 2026, in 1:51:08.
The stations carried this race: faster than 32% of the field across all eight, against 7% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 2:19 behind the median. 15:03 in the roxzone was slower than 91% of the field.
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 11:32Running 1 6:37v median +1:18
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Block 02 8:42Running 2 5:42v median +1:16
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Block 03 13:35Running 3 6:32v median +1:46
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Block 04 12:54Running 4 6:41v median +1:56
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Block 05 12:20Running 5 7:20v median +2:28
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Block 06 10:30Running 6 7:33v median +2:49
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Block 07 13:09Running 7 6:58v median +2:15
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Block 08 13:30Running 8 7:54v median +2:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 15:03
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.