The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Samir Orabi finished 495th of 609 men in the Open division at Istanbul 1 2026, in 1:46:44.
A station race more than a running one: 42% of the field beaten on the stations, against 9% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:54 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:51 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:53Running 1 7:05v median +1:41
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Block 02 8:12Running 2 5:51v median +1:23
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Block 03 11:49Running 3 6:13v median +1:27
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Block 04 12:42Running 4 6:41v median +1:54
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Block 05 11:45Running 5 6:27v median +1:31
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Block 06 9:26Running 6 6:58v median +2:09
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Block 07 13:06Running 7 6:54v median +2:04
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Block 08 15:47Running 8 8:52v median +3:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:12
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.