The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mehmet Deniz Gogercin finished 710th of 743 men in the Open division at Istanbul 2026, in 2:11:51.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 9:40 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 9:53 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 16:31 in the roxzone was slower than 94% 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 10:40Running 1 6:06v median +0:47
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Block 02 9:10Running 2 5:37v median +1:11
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Block 03 12:24Running 3 6:14v median +1:28
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Block 04 19:17Running 4 6:07v median +1:22
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Block 05 11:41Running 5 6:14v median +1:22
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Block 06 8:39Running 6 6:18v median +1:34
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Block 07 21:07Running 7 6:03v median +1:20
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Block 08 22:29Running 8 9:07v median +3:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 16:31
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.