The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Yurdahan Külhancı & Hande Gündoğmuş finished in the top 10% of the field at Istanbul 2026, in 1:04:03 for 45th of 492 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
The sandbag lunges were the standout, 1:21 quicker than the median and 20th of 492. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:00 better 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 2:40.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:19Running 1 5:21v median −0:34
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Block 02 5:53Running 2 4:16v median −0:37
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Block 03 7:13Running 3 4:11v median −0:52
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Block 04 6:11Running 4 3:59v median −1:05
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Block 05 8:33Running 5 4:15v median −0:52
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Block 06 5:37Running 6 4:10v median −0:57
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Block 07 6:35Running 7 4:03v median −1:02
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Block 08 7:32Running 8 4:08v median −1:24
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:17
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 489
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 489 mixed teams who finished.