The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:40:04 at Istanbul 2026 put Erdi Kılıç 738th of 743 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 12:58 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 9:58 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 14:57 in the roxzone was slower than 90% 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 17:52Running 1 12:45v median +7:26
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Block 02 9:30Running 2 5:51v median +1:25
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Block 03 17:20Running 3 9:50v median +5:04
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Block 04 21:49Running 4 8:33v median +3:48
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Block 05 13:33Running 5 7:37v median +2:45
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Block 06 11:37Running 6 7:13v median +2:29
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Block 07 25:32Running 7 7:10v median +2:27
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Block 08 28:03Running 8 10:13v median +4:46
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:57
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.