The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Vahitcan Akgümüş finished 387th of 609 men in the Open division at Istanbul 1 2026, in 1:33:31.
A station race more than a running one: 54% of the field beaten on the stations, against 27% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:05 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:14 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 9:29Running 1 5:06v median −0:18
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Block 02 8:00Running 2 4:54v median +0:26
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Block 03 11:14Running 3 5:21v median +0:35
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Block 04 9:00Running 4 4:32v median −0:15
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Block 05 9:46Running 5 4:52v median −0:04
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Block 06 7:12Running 6 4:49v median +0:00
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Block 07 9:49Running 7 5:27v median +0:37
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Block 08 18:09Running 8 10:30v median +4:54
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:59
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.