The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:43:49 at Istanbul 2026 put Fabian Metzner 739th of 743 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 21:15 behind the median. A harder second half: 28:35 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 18:27 in the roxzone was slower than 97% 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 12:51Running 1 8:01v median +2:42
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Block 02 9:05Running 2 6:21v median +1:55
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Block 03 13:11Running 3 7:17v median +2:31
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Block 04 23:10Running 4 7:44v median +2:59
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Block 05 13:50Running 5 8:11v median +3:19
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Block 06 10:43Running 6 7:20v median +2:36
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Block 07 34:15Running 7 7:36v median +2:53
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Block 08 28:24Running 8 12:17v median +6:50
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 18:27
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.