The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Michael Seedorf took 3rd of 17 in the 50–54 age group at Istanbul 1 2026, in 1:23:05.
Legs and stations told different stories: 83% of the field beaten on the runs, 38% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:50. A harder second half: 1:40 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Istanbul 1 gained about 0:59. The fastest of 3 finishes in the Open division for Michael Seedorf.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:39Running 1 4:53v median −0:31
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Block 02 7:00Running 2 3:51v median −0:37
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Block 03 8:51Running 3 4:07v median −0:39
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Block 04 10:14Running 4 4:06v median −0:41
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Block 05 9:17Running 5 4:10v median −0:46
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Block 06 6:24Running 6 4:10v median −0:39
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Block 07 9:35Running 7 4:06v median −0:44
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Block 08 13:37Running 8 4:46v median −0:50
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:37
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.