The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Kaan Kaya & Dogan Verschuren finished in the top 10% of the field at Istanbul 2026, in 1:03:11 for 49th of 515 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 94% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 61% on the stations. A remarkably even set of stations, none more than 0:13 from the median. Time in the roxzone, 6:27, was faster than 94% of the field.
Istanbul gave the field time back: about 2:51 faster than the average race this season, by 178 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:43Running 1 4:41v median −0:51
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Block 02 5:30Running 2 3:41v median −1:01
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Block 03 7:00Running 3 3:49v median −1:07
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Block 04 6:41Running 4 3:45v median −1:16
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Block 05 8:06Running 5 3:48v median −1:15
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Block 06 5:18Running 6 3:48v median −1:14
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Block 07 7:25Running 7 3:57v median −0:58
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Block 08 8:10Running 8 4:01v median −1:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:27
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.