The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:27:59 at Bengaluru 2026 put Rita Anand 456th of 625 women in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 44% of the field across all eight, against 15% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the farmers carry, 1:51 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 11:08 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 16:31Running 1 10:20v median +3:17
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Block 02 11:33Running 2 6:53v median −0:20
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Block 03 17:12Running 3 8:03v median +0:23
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Block 04 17:32Running 4 8:41v median +0:57
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Block 05 21:50Running 5 14:53v median +6:55
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Block 06 14:42Running 6 9:37v median +1:52
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Block 07 17:23Running 7 9:06v median +1:24
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Block 08 21:11Running 8 10:22v median +1:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:14
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.