Progress against the field
Between Mumbai 2025 and Bengaluru 2026, Varun Vartak pulled 18:31 ahead of the field.
The clock says 22:53 faster, but the races themselves got 4:22 quicker for everyone.
How this is worked out ⓘ
A finish time moves for two reasons: the athlete, and the race — its course, its floor, its day. For each pair of races in a row in one category, we take everyone who raced both and use the middle of how much they moved (the median) as "the race". Whatever is left is the athlete. Doubles are compared only when the same two people raced both, and told as the pair's; relays are left out. A pair with fewer than 15 athletes in common is not shown. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
4 races · 4 events
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Mumbai17 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Men2:08:33 PB745/818Beat 9%
↑ 55 days after Delhi 2026, with Viraj Masurkar 0:38 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:42 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:20 faster for everyone, so 0:38 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:20 faster This pair3:42 faster -
Delhi24 Jul 2026Doubles Open · Men2:12:15412/439Beat 6%
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Bengaluru11 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men2:50:48 PB1710/1806Beat 5%
↑ 216 days after Mumbai 2025 18:31 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
18:31 better than the field: 22:53 faster on the clock, against 4:22 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:22 faster This athlete22:53 faster -
Mumbai7 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men3:13:41844/851Beat 1%