The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:23:38 at Istanbul 1 2026 put Arda Bora & Cevat Günay 235th of 318 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 38% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 7% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:45 behind the median. A harder second half: 4:30 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Istanbul 1 ran fast: the 167 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:42 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:38Running 1 5:24v median −0:04
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Block 02 6:33Running 2 4:33v median +0:01
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Block 03 9:16Running 3 4:55v median +0:05
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Block 04 9:01Running 4 5:17v median +0:27
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Block 05 10:10Running 5 5:24v median +0:30
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Block 06 7:26Running 6 5:19v median +0:24
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Block 07 10:45Running 7 5:36v median +0:45
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Block 08 11:52Running 8 6:06v median +0:52
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:07
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.