The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Shekhar Joshi finished 938th of 1,403 men in the Open division at Delhi 2026, in 2:09:55.
A station race more than a running one: 46% of the field beaten on the stations, against 22% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 5:15 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 6:17 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 11:21Running 1 6:08v median +1:33
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Block 02 10:55Running 2 6:56v median +0:10
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Block 03 17:51Running 3 9:19v median +1:40
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Block 04 14:42Running 4 8:41v median +1:18
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Block 05 14:31Running 5 9:08v median +1:30
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Block 06 11:34Running 6 8:40v median +1:21
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Block 07 24:21Running 7 11:50v median +4:32
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Block 08 14:53Running 8 6:50v median +0:46
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:57
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.