The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mücahit Şahin & Emre Doğuş Köse finished 189th of 515 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Istanbul 2026, in 1:12:57, faster than 63% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 72% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 42% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:04 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:01 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 8:52Running 1 4:53v median −0:39
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Block 02 5:55Running 2 4:06v median −0:36
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Block 03 7:22Running 3 4:22v median −0:34
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Block 04 8:04Running 4 4:36v median −0:25
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Block 05 9:21Running 5 4:59v median −0:04
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Block 06 5:55Running 6 4:23v median −0:39
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Block 07 9:08Running 7 4:32v median −0:23
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Block 08 9:23Running 8 4:52v median −0:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:06
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.