The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Halil ATEŞ & Enes ALİCAN finished 153rd of 515 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Istanbul 2026, in 1:10:39, faster than 70% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 75% of the field beaten on the runs, 46% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:00 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:13 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:13Running 1 5:14v median −0:18
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Block 02 5:55Running 2 4:07v median −0:35
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Block 03 6:56Running 3 4:11v median −0:45
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Block 04 7:28Running 4 4:21v median −0:40
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Block 05 8:45Running 5 4:33v median −0:30
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Block 06 6:06Running 6 4:24v median −0:38
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Block 07 8:44Running 7 4:12v median −0:43
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Block 08 9:47Running 8 5:03v median −0:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:53
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.