The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Salem Mtaallah finished 742nd of 743 men in the Open division at Istanbul 2026, in 3:09:26.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 31:20. The race faded late: the second half went 46:50 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 20:02 in the roxzone was slower than 98% 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 12:30Running 1 6:29v median +1:10
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Block 02 12:29Running 2 6:32v median +2:06
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Block 03 19:20Running 3 9:36v median +4:50
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Block 04 16:32Running 4 7:34v median +2:49
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Block 05 13:16Running 5 7:51v median +2:59
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Block 06 13:51Running 6 9:38v median +4:54
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Block 07 44:49Running 7 8:05v median +3:22
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Block 08 36:44Running 8 18:00v median +12:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 20:02
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.