The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Kerim Okan Gurkan finished 523rd of 609 men in the Open division at Istanbul 1 2026, in 1:51:19.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 3:20 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:04 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Istanbul 1 ran fast: the 281 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:59 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 13:06Running 1 8:29v median +3:05
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Block 02 12:49Running 2 10:12v median +5:44
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Block 03 11:35Running 3 6:08v median +1:22
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Block 04 12:30Running 4 5:25v median +0:38
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Block 05 12:48Running 5 7:29v median +2:33
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Block 06 8:20Running 6 6:14v median +1:25
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Block 07 14:04Running 7 5:26v median +0:36
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Block 08 17:04Running 8 7:30v median +1:54
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:10
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.