The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Şahin Yıldız & Ömercan Demirbilek finished in the top 10% of the field at Istanbul 2026, in 1:02:00 for 39th of 515 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 97% of the field beaten on the runs, 66% on the stations. Quick through the roxzone: 6:52, ahead of 90% 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 7:59Running 1 4:11v median −1:21
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Block 02 5:22Running 2 3:36v median −1:06
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Block 03 6:39Running 3 3:41v median −1:15
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Block 04 6:49Running 4 3:52v median −1:09
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Block 05 8:01Running 5 3:43v median −1:20
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Block 06 5:16Running 6 3:55v median −1:07
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Block 07 7:30Running 7 3:47v median −1:08
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Block 08 7:40Running 8 3:35v median −1:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:52
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.