The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Devina Thakur took 3rd of 14 in the 45–49 age group at Delhi 2026, in 1:47:05.
Legs and stations told different stories: 91% of the field beaten on the runs, 67% on the stations. Paced to finish: the second half went 4:52 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 6:31, was faster than 92% of the field.
Delhi cost the whole field time: about 3:38 more than the average race this season, going by 149 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:57Running 1 4:59v median −0:23
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Block 02 9:41Running 2 6:23v median −1:26
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Block 03 16:26Running 3 6:41v median −1:36
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Block 04 14:19Running 4 6:45v median −1:35
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Block 05 13:00Running 5 6:59v median −1:37
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Block 06 9:38Running 6 6:47v median −1:35
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Block 07 12:27Running 7 6:39v median −1:41
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Block 08 14:13Running 8 5:09v median −1:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:31
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 157
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 157 women who finished.