The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Istanbul 2026, Mehmet Saday & Bünyamin Aksoy crossed the line in 1:06:45: 96th of 515 men's teams, faster than 81% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:15 on the median. Time in the roxzone, 7:11, was faster than 85% of the field.
Istanbul ran fast: the 178 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:51 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:32Running 1 5:40v median +0:08
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Block 02 5:58Running 2 4:21v median −0:21
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Block 03 7:14Running 3 4:19v median −0:37
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Block 04 6:21Running 4 4:27v median −0:34
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Block 05 8:38Running 5 4:28v median −0:35
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Block 06 6:02Running 6 4:26v median −0:36
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Block 07 7:50Running 7 4:27v median −0:28
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Block 08 8:08Running 8 4:29v median −0:50
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:11
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.