The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Thanis Sangmana & Marco Benzoni finished 346th of 492 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Istanbul 2026, in 1:27:40.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:02 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:19 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Istanbul gave the field time back: about 2:40 faster than the average race this season, by 218 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:06Running 1 6:40v median +0:45
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Block 02 7:43Running 2 5:21v median +0:28
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Block 03 9:41Running 3 5:46v median +0:43
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Block 04 8:38Running 4 5:36v median +0:32
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Block 05 10:46Running 5 5:47v median +0:40
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Block 06 7:37Running 6 5:34v median +0:27
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Block 07 10:57Running 7 6:02v median +0:57
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Block 08 11:00Running 8 6:44v median +1:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:19
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.