The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Quino Dominguez finished 661st of 743 men in the Open division at Istanbul 2026, in 1:51:09.
The stations carried this race: faster than 29% of the field across all eight, against 7% 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 4:55 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
The field ran 1:21 faster at Istanbul 2026 than at Barcelona 2026, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 13:37Running 1 8:49v median +3:30
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Block 02 8:25Running 2 5:17v median +0:51
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Block 03 11:13Running 3 6:12v median +1:26
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Block 04 11:49Running 4 6:40v median +1:55
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Block 05 12:09Running 5 6:50v median +1:58
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Block 06 9:47Running 6 6:49v median +2:05
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Block 07 13:57Running 7 6:27v median +1:44
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Block 08 16:11Running 8 8:19v median +2:52
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:09
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.