The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Deepak Kumar finished 1,118th of 1,403 men in the Open division at Delhi 2026, in 2:22:11.
Legs and stations told different stories: 40% of the field beaten on the runs, 12% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 5:34. The race faded late: the second half went 2:23 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 11:48Running 1 6:13v median +1:38
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Block 02 13:01Running 2 6:37v median −0:09
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Block 03 21:26Running 3 9:04v median +1:25
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Block 04 15:45Running 4 7:26v median +0:03
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Block 05 14:10Running 5 7:55v median +0:17
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Block 06 11:26Running 6 7:29v median +0:10
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Block 07 19:09Running 7 7:48v median +0:30
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Block 08 22:58Running 8 7:11v median +1:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:35
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.