The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Arap Karakaş finished 721st of 743 men in the Open division at Istanbul 2026, in 2:14:41.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 5:55 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 8:27 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 16:01 in the roxzone was slower than 93% 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 11:33Running 1 7:00v median +1:41
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Block 02 10:45Running 2 7:41v median +3:15
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Block 03 14:11Running 3 8:00v median +3:14
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Block 04 17:45Running 4 8:05v median +3:20
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Block 05 13:23Running 5 8:28v median +3:36
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Block 06 11:47Running 6 8:14v median +3:30
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Block 07 19:22Running 7 8:03v median +3:20
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Block 08 20:03Running 8 10:11v median +4:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 16:01
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.