The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Hamza Abzakh & Ahmad Adawi finished 104th of 515 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Istanbul 2026, in 1:07:31, faster than 80% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 97% of the field beaten on the stations, against 68% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 1:04 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:59 worse 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 2:51.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:27Running 1 4:51v median −0:41
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Block 02 5:54Running 2 4:19v median −0:23
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Block 03 6:51Running 3 4:41v median −0:15
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Block 04 7:15Running 4 4:34v median −0:27
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Block 05 8:13Running 5 4:25v median −0:38
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Block 06 6:43Running 6 5:20v median +0:18
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Block 07 7:38Running 7 4:54v median −0:01
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Block 08 7:58Running 8 4:28v median −0:51
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:41
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.