The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:25:10 at Istanbul 2026 put Bilal Başhan & Emirhan Sezer 374th of 515 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 67% of the field beaten on the stations, against 10% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:55 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:04 better against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Istanbul gained about 2:51.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:29Running 1 4:36v median −0:56
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Block 02 6:36Running 2 4:15v median −0:27
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Block 03 11:42Running 3 8:52v median +3:56
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Block 04 11:01Running 4 8:47v median +3:46
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Block 05 13:02Running 5 8:57v median +3:54
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Block 06 6:13Running 6 4:31v median −0:31
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Block 07 9:58Running 7 6:42v median +1:47
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Block 08 9:47Running 8 5:17v median −0:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:31
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.