The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:18:30 at Istanbul 2026 put Ben Spurgeon & Eishan Dhandhania 285th of 515 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 52% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 22% on the stations. On the sled pull the field had the edge, by 1:23. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:58 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Istanbul gave the field time back: about 2:51 faster than the average race this season, by 178 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:27Running 1 6:10v median +0:38
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Block 02 6:38Running 2 4:48v median +0:06
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Block 03 9:33Running 3 4:56v median +0:00
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Block 04 8:35Running 4 5:00v median −0:01
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Block 05 9:18Running 5 5:00v median −0:03
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Block 06 6:43Running 6 4:52v median −0:10
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Block 07 8:21Running 7 4:44v median −0:11
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Block 08 10:39Running 8 4:58v median −0:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:23
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.