The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:04:22 at Bengaluru 2026 put Somesh Khare 172nd of 277 men in the Pro division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 47% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 26% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 3:34. The race faded late: the second half went 3:23 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a slow day in Bengaluru. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:38.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:15Running 1 5:51v median +0:20
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Block 02 12:53Running 2 5:58v median +0:23
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Block 03 16:23Running 3 6:10v median −0:07
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Block 04 14:26Running 4 6:25v median +0:17
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Block 05 13:04Running 5 6:54v median +0:38
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Block 06 11:23Running 6 6:37v median +0:30
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Block 07 17:35Running 7 6:37v median +0:19
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Block 08 18:46Running 8 7:53v median +0:24
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:43
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 276
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 276 men who finished.