The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Salih Saruhan & Ertuğ Soysal finished 363rd of 515 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Istanbul 2026, in 1:24:12.
The stations carried this race: faster than 55% of the field across all eight, against 22% on the runs. A remarkably even set of stations, none more than 0:19 from the median.
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 9:20Running 1 5:39v median +0:07
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Block 02 7:34Running 2 5:47v median +1:05
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Block 03 9:25Running 3 6:03v median +1:07
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Block 04 8:39Running 4 5:26v median +0:25
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Block 05 9:32Running 5 5:22v median +0:19
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Block 06 7:39Running 6 5:58v median +0:56
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Block 07 9:14Running 7 5:24v median +0:29
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Block 08 11:41Running 8 7:27v median +2:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:13
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.