The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:44:18 at Istanbul 2026 put Akın Korkmaz & Safdar Çağan Aydın 487th of 515 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:43 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 5:06 worse against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 16:30, behind 97% of the field.
Istanbul gave the field time back: about 2:51 faster than the average race this season, by 178 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:40Running 1 7:08v median +1:36
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Block 02 8:29Running 2 6:02v median +1:20
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Block 03 10:37Running 3 6:19v median +1:23
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Block 04 9:26Running 4 6:25v median +1:24
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Block 05 12:41Running 5 7:31v median +2:28
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Block 06 8:52Running 6 6:45v median +1:43
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Block 07 12:17Running 7 7:02v median +2:07
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Block 08 13:53Running 8 8:44v median +3:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 16:30
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.