The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Raşit Demirel & Ali Aygündüz finished 234th of 318 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Istanbul 1 2026, in 1:23:36.
The stations carried this race: faster than 41% of the field across all eight, against 19% on the runs. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 0:36. Stronger after halfway: 1:24 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Istanbul 1 gave the field time back: about 1:42 faster than the average race this season, by 167 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:43Running 1 5:42v median +0:14
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Block 02 9:55Running 2 7:56v median +3:24
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Block 03 8:49Running 3 5:33v median +0:43
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Block 04 8:27Running 4 5:18v median +0:28
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Block 05 9:44Running 5 5:22v median +0:28
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Block 06 7:07Running 6 5:27v median +0:32
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Block 07 10:04Running 7 6:04v median +1:13
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Block 08 10:23Running 8 6:00v median +0:46
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:32
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 315
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 315 men's teams who finished.