The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ozan Yurdakul & Sefa Taner Koç finished 489th of 515 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Istanbul 2026, in 1:45:30.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 2:38 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:10 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 14:42, behind 95% 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 11:43Running 1 6:52v median +1:20
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Block 02 8:35Running 2 6:08v median +1:26
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Block 03 11:31Running 3 6:25v median +1:29
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Block 04 12:10Running 4 6:32v median +1:31
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Block 05 12:44Running 5 7:16v median +2:13
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Block 06 8:57Running 6 6:17v median +1:15
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Block 07 12:23Running 7 6:13v median +1:18
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Block 08 12:54Running 8 7:15v median +1:56
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:42
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.