The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Serdar Yurtay & Elnur Orujov finished 280th of 318 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Istanbul 1 2026, in 1:32:30.
The stations carried this race: faster than 71% of the field across all eight, against 3% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:44 ahead of the median. The race faded late: the second half went 8:18 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:02Running 1 5:11v median −0:17
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Block 02 5:33Running 2 4:01v median −0:31
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Block 03 11:43Running 3 8:37v median +3:47
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Block 04 11:49Running 4 8:43v median +3:53
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Block 05 13:17Running 5 8:49v median +3:55
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Block 06 10:06Running 6 8:44v median +3:49
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Block 07 11:31Running 7 8:51v median +4:00
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Block 08 12:44Running 8 9:03v median +3:49
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:54
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.