The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:13:55 at Istanbul 2026 put başak kocabay & furkan dağdelen 157th of 492 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 68% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 76% of the field beaten on the runs, 47% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:38 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:32 better against the middle of the field than before it.
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 9:25Running 1 5:06v median −0:49
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Block 02 6:15Running 2 4:20v median −0:33
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Block 03 9:02Running 3 4:52v median −0:11
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Block 04 8:50Running 4 4:54v median −0:10
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Block 05 9:07Running 5 4:26v median −0:41
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Block 06 6:12Running 6 4:24v median −0:43
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Block 07 7:27Running 7 4:12v median −0:53
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Block 08 9:48Running 8 5:00v median −0:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:58
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.