The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Akanksha Sharma finished 429th of 625 women in the Open division at Bengaluru 2026, in 2:25:30.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:45. The race faded late: the second half went 2:39 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Bengaluru cost the whole field time: about 4:12 more than the average race this season, going by 180 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 14:26Running 1 8:16v median +1:13
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Block 02 12:44Running 2 8:21v median +1:08
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Block 03 18:09Running 3 8:22v median +0:42
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Block 04 20:02Running 4 8:55v median +1:11
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Block 05 15:25Running 5 8:46v median +0:48
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Block 06 13:26Running 6 8:54v median +1:09
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Block 07 20:04Running 7 9:23v median +1:41
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Block 08 20:45Running 8 9:58v median +0:57
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:36
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 619
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 619 women who finished.