The race, in three figures
The race, in words
LALIT KUMAR PALIWAL finished in the top 10% of the field at Delhi 2026, in 1:26:15 for 97th of 1,403 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 99% of the field beaten on the runs, 67% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 5:00. The race faded late: the second half went 5:55 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Delhi ran slow: the 620 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:56 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:49Running 1 3:03v median −1:32
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Block 02 8:26Running 2 4:25v median −2:21
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Block 03 10:03Running 3 4:47v median −2:52
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Block 04 9:39Running 4 4:46v median −2:37
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Block 05 10:07Running 5 4:57v median −2:41
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Block 06 6:34Running 6 4:55v median −2:24
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Block 07 10:22Running 7 5:01v median −2:17
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Block 08 18:50Running 8 3:37v median −2:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:33
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1374
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,374 men who finished.