The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Yash Verma finished 242nd of 609 men in the Open division at Delhi 2026, in 1:45:38, faster than 60% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 85% of the field beaten on the stations, against 31% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:24 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:41 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Delhi cost the whole field time: about 1:56 more than the average race this season, going by 620 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:18Running 1 6:39v median +2:11
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Block 02 12:11Running 2 8:52v median +2:14
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Block 03 12:34Running 3 7:03v median −0:23
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Block 04 12:49Running 4 7:27v median +0:14
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Block 05 13:07Running 5 8:07v median +0:37
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Block 06 9:38Running 6 7:49v median +0:45
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Block 07 13:32Running 7 8:16v median +1:07
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Block 08 14:20Running 8 7:01v median +1:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:16
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 596
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 596 men who finished.