The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Recep Şahin finished 372nd of 609 men in the Open division at Istanbul 1 2026, in 1:32:45.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:40 ahead of the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:05 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:38 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Istanbul 1 gave the field time back: about 0:59 faster than the average race this season, by 281 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:36Running 1 5:51v median +0:27
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Block 02 7:10Running 2 4:26v median −0:02
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Block 03 9:56Running 3 4:47v median +0:01
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Block 04 10:51Running 4 5:12v median +0:25
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Block 05 9:57Running 5 5:23v median +0:27
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Block 06 6:28Running 6 4:48v median −0:01
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Block 07 8:48Running 7 5:10v median +0:20
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Block 08 15:31Running 8 6:25v median +0:49
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:35
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.