The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ahmed Ashraf & Mariam Helmy finished 425th of 492 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Istanbul 2026, in 1:40:03.
Legs and stations told different stories: 38% of the field beaten on the runs, 4% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 6:11. The race faded late: the second half went 7:58 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 11:01Running 1 6:27v median +0:32
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Block 02 7:21Running 2 5:07v median +0:14
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Block 03 10:27Running 3 5:21v median +0:18
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Block 04 10:46Running 4 5:29v median +0:25
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Block 05 10:04Running 5 5:05v median −0:02
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Block 06 7:13Running 6 5:10v median +0:03
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Block 07 15:22Running 7 5:18v median +0:13
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Block 08 16:18Running 8 6:49v median +1:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:41
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.