The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Erdem Bayram & Nurettin Burak Balcı finished 318th of 515 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Istanbul 2026, in 1:20:31.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:35 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 0:37 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:33 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 10:21Running 1 6:18v median +0:46
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Block 02 6:39Running 2 5:10v median +0:28
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Block 03 8:51Running 3 5:43v median +0:47
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Block 04 9:14Running 4 5:28v median +0:27
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Block 05 10:20Running 5 5:28v median +0:25
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Block 06 7:05Running 6 5:24v median +0:22
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Block 07 8:04Running 7 5:07v median +0:12
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Block 08 10:21Running 8 5:36v median +0:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:44
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.