The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:26:52 at Bengaluru 2026 put Purnima Vibhandik 442nd of 625 women in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 3:42 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:07 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Bengaluru ran slow: the 180 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 4:12 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 14:30Running 1 7:47v median +0:44
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Block 02 12:28Running 2 8:03v median +0:50
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Block 03 18:21Running 3 9:25v median +1:45
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Block 04 20:00Running 4 8:41v median +0:57
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Block 05 15:17Running 5 8:25v median +0:27
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Block 06 11:47Running 6 8:18v median +0:33
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Block 07 20:09Running 7 8:31v median +0:49
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Block 08 22:11Running 8 9:17v median +0:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:16
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.