The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Farid Mohamed finished 598th of 609 men in the Open division at Istanbul 1 2026, in 2:23:21.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 13:12. A harder second half: 26:30 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. That was 18:35 off the time at Frankfurt 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:09Running 1 6:20v median +0:56
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Block 02 9:10Running 2 5:23v median +0:55
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Block 03 11:28Running 3 5:56v median +1:10
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Block 04 19:01Running 4 5:56v median +1:09
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Block 05 13:06Running 5 7:03v median +2:07
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Block 06 9:33Running 6 6:35v median +1:46
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Block 07 25:20Running 7 6:50v median +2:00
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Block 08 31:00Running 8 11:45v median +6:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:41
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.