The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Yazid Al Echecheikh El Alaoui & Fares Karkari finished 491st of 515 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Istanbul 2026, in 1:46:18.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:14 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 5:14 worse against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 13:11, behind 90% 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 12:15Running 1 8:00v median +2:28
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Block 02 9:11Running 2 6:35v median +1:53
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Block 03 10:40Running 3 6:21v median +1:25
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Block 04 11:10Running 4 6:48v median +1:47
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Block 05 12:35Running 5 7:18v median +2:15
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Block 06 9:06Running 6 6:43v median +1:41
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Block 07 12:53Running 7 7:07v median +2:12
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Block 08 15:24Running 8 9:13v median +3:54
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:11
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.