The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Somesh Chandra finished 1,395th of 1,403 men in the Open division at Delhi 2026, in 3:42:31.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 17:06 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:23 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 18:48, behind 96% of the field.
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 11:16Running 1 5:13v median +0:38
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Block 02 20:59Running 2 9:08v median +2:22
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Block 03 45:10Running 3 23:15v median +15:36
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Block 04 23:13Running 4 11:23v median +4:00
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Block 05 17:38Running 5 11:28v median +3:50
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Block 06 17:09Running 6 12:34v median +5:15
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Block 07 34:04Running 7 9:42v median +2:24
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Block 08 34:23Running 8 10:02v median +3:58
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 18:48
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.