The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Özgür Kaya & Efe Bal finished 465th of 515 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Istanbul 2026, in 1:36:31.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:56 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:53 worse 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 10:34Running 1 6:33v median +1:01
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Block 02 7:47Running 2 5:53v median +1:11
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Block 03 10:22Running 3 7:15v median +2:19
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Block 04 10:44Running 4 6:43v median +1:42
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Block 05 11:28Running 5 6:36v median +1:33
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Block 06 8:30Running 6 6:31v median +1:29
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Block 07 10:51Running 7 6:15v median +1:20
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Block 08 14:12Running 8 7:57v median +2:38
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:12
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.