The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Nitesh Rai finished 587th of 609 men in the Open division at Delhi 2026, in 2:54:28.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 6:06 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 30:25 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 33:03 in the roxzone was slower than 99% of the field.
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 10:08Running 1 5:25v median +0:57
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Block 02 13:56Running 2 9:53v median +3:15
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Block 03 18:00Running 3 10:11v median +2:45
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Block 04 21:08Running 4 11:01v median +3:48
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Block 05 16:22Running 5 10:52v median +3:22
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Block 06 13:53Running 6 10:40v median +3:36
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Block 07 24:39Running 7 11:46v median +4:37
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Block 08 23:27Running 8 9:39v median +3:45
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 33:03
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.