The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Umut Yesil finished 343rd of 609 men in the Open division at Istanbul 1 2026, in 1:30:20.
The stations carried this race: faster than 61% of the field across all eight, against 39% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 2:35 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 6:25 better against the middle of the field than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Istanbul 1 gained about 0:59. An improvement of 12:07 on Utrecht 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:43Running 1 8:10v median +2:46
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Block 02 7:44Running 2 4:37v median +0:09
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Block 03 9:56Running 3 4:55v median +0:09
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Block 04 11:50Running 4 4:58v median +0:11
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Block 05 9:50Running 5 4:58v median +0:02
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Block 06 7:25Running 6 4:41v median −0:08
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Block 07 7:37Running 7 4:54v median +0:04
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Block 08 11:32Running 8 5:21v median −0:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:53
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.