The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ahmet Yılmaz & Göktuğ Görkem Mardin finished 438th of 515 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Istanbul 2026, in 1:31:35.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:13. The race faded late: the second half went 2:55 worse 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 10:49Running 1 6:33v median +1:01
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Block 02 7:25Running 2 5:41v median +0:59
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Block 03 10:00Running 3 5:59v median +1:03
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Block 04 9:40Running 4 5:57v median +0:56
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Block 05 10:20Running 5 5:56v median +0:53
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Block 06 8:13Running 6 6:08v median +1:06
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Block 07 11:31Running 7 5:46v median +0:51
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Block 08 12:13Running 8 6:53v median +1:34
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:32
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.