The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Julian Filipovic finished 143rd of 194 men in the Pro division at Istanbul 1 2026, in 1:27:28.
The stations carried this race: faster than 46% of the field across all eight, against 10% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:38 behind the median. A harder second half: 6:55 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Istanbul 1 ran fast: the 126 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 3:08 quicker here than at their other races. An improvement of 6:43 on Hamburg 2023.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:29Running 1 4:28v median −0:07
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Block 02 7:36Running 2 4:01v median +0:13
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Block 03 10:13Running 3 4:41v median +0:37
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Block 04 8:50Running 4 4:36v median +0:31
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Block 05 16:04Running 5 11:51v median +7:40
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Block 06 6:47Running 6 4:23v median +0:16
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Block 07 9:38Running 7 4:30v median +0:18
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Block 08 11:04Running 8 4:58v median +0:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:54
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 193
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 193 men who finished.