The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:09:53 at Delhi 2026 put Kartik Mehta 936th of 1,403 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 52% of the field beaten on the runs, 17% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 4:58 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:25 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 9:55Running 1 4:50v median +0:15
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Block 02 13:17Running 2 6:53v median +0:07
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Block 03 15:07Running 3 7:01v median −0:38
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Block 04 19:45Running 4 8:42v median +1:19
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Block 05 14:22Running 5 8:02v median +0:24
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Block 06 11:46Running 6 7:12v median −0:07
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Block 07 16:36Running 7 7:03v median −0:15
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Block 08 20:44Running 8 5:33v median −0:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:31
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.