The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Michael Rayiet & Birgit Behrens finished 322nd of 351 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Istanbul 1 2026, in 1:40:06.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 3:11 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:33 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 1:51.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:47Running 1 7:02v median +1:09
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Block 02 7:41Running 2 5:38v median +0:47
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Block 03 12:11Running 3 6:05v median +1:02
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Block 04 10:33Running 4 6:13v median +1:12
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Block 05 11:38Running 5 6:26v median +1:16
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Block 06 8:25Running 6 6:31v median +1:25
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Block 07 13:41Running 7 6:36v median +1:26
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Block 08 12:52Running 8 7:23v median +1:50
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:24
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.