The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Gaurav Saini finished 1,337th of 1,403 men in the Open division at Delhi 2026, in 2:53:38.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 9:37. A harder second half: 14:22 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 14:09 in the roxzone was slower than 85% of the field.
This was a slow day in Delhi. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:56.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:20Running 1 5:38v median +1:03
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Block 02 15:49Running 2 9:48v median +3:02
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Block 03 19:51Running 3 10:31v median +2:52
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Block 04 26:10Running 4 10:42v median +3:19
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Block 05 19:54Running 5 11:45v median +4:07
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Block 06 12:43Running 6 10:05v median +2:46
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Block 07 27:11Running 7 10:18v median +3:00
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Block 08 26:39Running 8 8:04v median +2:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:09
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.