The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Samar Aly finished 381st of 416 women in the Open division at Istanbul 2026, in 2:06:43.
The stations carried this race: faster than 31% of the field across all eight, against 3% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:07 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:19 better against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Istanbul gained about 2:43.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 17:02Running 1 11:13v median +5:02
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Block 02 8:48Running 2 6:04v median +0:54
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Block 03 13:09Running 3 6:23v median +1:05
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Block 04 19:23Running 4 11:45v median +6:25
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Block 05 12:27Running 5 6:32v median +1:07
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Block 06 14:11Running 6 11:43v median +6:22
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Block 07 14:41Running 7 8:30v median +3:12
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Block 08 14:52Running 8 7:02v median +1:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:17
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 403
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 403 women who finished.