The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Cenk Omay finished 546th of 609 men in the Open division at Istanbul 1 2026, in 1:56:06.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 3:55 behind the median. A harder second half: 8:27 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 10:35Running 1 5:49v median +0:25
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Block 02 9:44Running 2 5:04v median +0:36
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Block 03 13:32Running 3 5:48v median +1:02
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Block 04 12:43Running 4 5:40v median +0:53
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Block 05 12:47Running 5 6:20v median +1:24
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Block 06 9:46Running 6 6:01v median +1:12
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Block 07 15:33Running 7 6:20v median +1:30
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Block 08 18:14Running 8 10:31v median +4:55
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:19
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.