The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Abhay Tandon finished 1,340th of 1,403 men in the Open division at Delhi 2026, in 2:54:17.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 6:40 behind the median. A harder second half: 35:15 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 22:14 in the roxzone was slower than 99% of the field.
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 9:47Running 1 4:42v median +0:07
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Block 02 11:37Running 2 7:53v median +1:07
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Block 03 19:49Running 3 11:47v median +4:08
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Block 04 17:56Running 4 8:39v median +1:16
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Block 05 16:35Running 5 10:52v median +3:14
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Block 06 15:01Running 6 11:37v median +4:18
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Block 07 27:03Running 7 13:07v median +5:49
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Block 08 34:23Running 8 17:31v median +11:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 22:14
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.