The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:31:23 at Istanbul 1 2026 put Sanja Kosturanova & Amr Banaja 287th of 351 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 58% of the field beaten on the stations, against 8% on the runs. A remarkably even set of stations, none more than 0:14 from the median. A harder second half: 2:50 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Istanbul 1 gave the field time back: about 1:51 faster than the average race this season, by 162 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:40Running 1 6:16v median +0:23
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Block 02 7:16Running 2 5:21v median +0:30
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Block 03 10:29Running 3 6:44v median +1:41
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Block 04 10:11Running 4 7:02v median +2:01
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Block 05 11:37Running 5 7:01v median +1:51
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Block 06 8:47Running 6 7:04v median +1:58
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Block 07 10:48Running 7 7:08v median +1:58
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Block 08 11:33Running 8 7:30v median +1:57
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:11
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 348
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 348 mixed teams who finished.