The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Aykut Kayan finished in the top 10% of the field at Istanbul 1 2026, in 1:08:12 for 40th of 609 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:24 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:05 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 7:01, was faster than 91% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Istanbul 1 gained about 0:59.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:32Running 1 4:14v median −1:10
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Block 02 6:02Running 2 3:27v median −1:01
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Block 03 7:56Running 3 3:55v median −0:51
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Block 04 7:54Running 4 4:04v median −0:43
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Block 05 8:38Running 5 4:10v median −0:46
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Block 06 5:34Running 6 3:57v median −0:52
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Block 07 7:48Running 7 3:50v median −1:00
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Block 08 8:56Running 8 4:19v median −1:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:01
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 603
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 603 men who finished.