The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Melissa Roe & Eray Yalçın finished 437th of 492 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Istanbul 2026, in 1:43:01.
Legs and stations told different stories: 32% of the field beaten on the runs, 2% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 5:26 slower than the median. A harder second half: 8:16 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Istanbul ran fast: the 218 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:40 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:30Running 1 5:36v median −0:19
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Block 02 8:10Running 2 5:11v median +0:18
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Block 03 11:02Running 3 5:31v median +0:28
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Block 04 12:10Running 4 5:43v median +0:39
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Block 05 11:14Running 5 5:53v median +0:46
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Block 06 8:05Running 6 5:50v median +0:43
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Block 07 14:45Running 7 5:41v median +0:36
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Block 08 16:12Running 8 6:28v median +0:56
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:01
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.