The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Declan Connolly & Carlos Miguel Perez Villanueva at Istanbul 2026: 56:12, 6th of 515 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:58 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:00 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 6:00, was faster than 99% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Istanbul gained about 2:51.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:43Running 1 4:00v median −1:32
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Block 02 5:11Running 2 3:18v median −1:24
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Block 03 6:16Running 3 3:23v median −1:33
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Block 04 5:48Running 4 3:23v median −1:38
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Block 05 7:25Running 5 3:30v median −1:33
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Block 06 4:42Running 6 3:22v median −1:40
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Block 07 6:09Running 7 3:35v median −1:20
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Block 08 7:04Running 8 3:43v median −1:36
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:00
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 515
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 515 men's teams who finished.