The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ananya Sharma finished 491st of 625 women in the Open division at Bengaluru 2026, in 2:34:17.
The runs carried this race: faster than 37% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 15% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 6:45 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 8:34 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Bengaluru cost the whole field time: about 4:13 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 13:23Running 1 7:27v median +0:24
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Block 02 13:01Running 2 7:48v median +0:35
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Block 03 19:50Running 3 8:24v median +0:44
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Block 04 19:13Running 4 8:23v median +0:39
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Block 05 14:30Running 5 7:56v median −0:02
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Block 06 12:30Running 6 8:17v median +0:32
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Block 07 20:07Running 7 8:33v median +0:51
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Block 08 28:03Running 8 10:31v median +1:30
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:48
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.