The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Abdullah Almarzouqi finished 723rd of 743 men in the Open division at Istanbul 2026, in 2:16:05.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 8:52 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 17:39 worse against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 13:55, behind 86% 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 12:43Running 1 7:29v median +2:10
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Block 02 11:00Running 2 6:07v median +1:41
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Block 03 13:37Running 3 6:36v median +1:50
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Block 04 14:28Running 4 6:35v median +1:50
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Block 05 12:58Running 5 7:29v median +2:37
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Block 06 10:56Running 6 6:49v median +2:05
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Block 07 21:56Running 7 7:40v median +2:57
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Block 08 24:39Running 8 10:01v median +4:34
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:55
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.