The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:18:24 at Delhi 2026 put Chaitanya Gavali 1,078th of 1,403 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 4:15 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:20 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:43Running 1 5:32v median +0:57
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Block 02 12:55Running 2 8:16v median +1:30
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Block 03 19:52Running 3 10:40v median +3:01
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Block 04 18:00Running 4 9:16v median +1:53
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Block 05 14:55Running 5 9:08v median +1:30
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Block 06 12:45Running 6 9:04v median +1:45
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Block 07 20:17Running 7 8:46v median +1:28
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Block 08 18:45Running 8 7:00v median +0:56
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:20
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.