The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Atul Kumar finished 843rd of 1,403 men in the Open division at Delhi 2026, in 2:05:09.
A station race more than a running one: 64% of the field beaten on the stations, against 22% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:40 behind the median. A harder second half: 4:57 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 12:33Running 1 7:32v median +2:57
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Block 02 11:19Running 2 7:21v median +0:35
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Block 03 14:46Running 3 8:42v median +1:03
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Block 04 14:17Running 4 8:06v median +0:43
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Block 05 13:07Running 5 8:01v median +0:23
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Block 06 10:11Running 6 8:14v median +0:55
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Block 07 15:31Running 7 8:45v median +1:27
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Block 08 22:29Running 8 10:36v median +4:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:06
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.