The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Bilal Hayed & Khaled Hammoudi finished 243rd of 515 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Istanbul 2026, in 1:15:33, faster than 53% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 74% of the field beaten on the stations, against 48% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:32 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:41 better 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 9:32Running 1 5:41v median +0:09
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Block 02 6:31Running 2 4:42v median +0:00
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Block 03 8:02Running 3 5:11v median +0:15
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Block 04 8:20Running 4 5:06v median +0:05
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Block 05 9:04Running 5 5:02v median −0:01
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Block 06 6:43Running 6 5:00v median −0:02
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Block 07 8:19Running 7 5:19v median +0:24
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Block 08 9:06Running 8 5:19v median +0:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:03
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.