The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Nitya Narayanan finished 506th of 625 women in the Open division at Bengaluru 2026, in 2:37:05.
The stations carried this race: faster than 36% of the field across all eight, against 9% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 3:42 behind the median. A harder second half: 7:32 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 14:36Running 1 8:30v median +1:27
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Block 02 12:46Running 2 8:49v median +1:36
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Block 03 17:56Running 3 8:56v median +1:16
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Block 04 22:26Running 4 9:12v median +1:28
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Block 05 15:56Running 5 9:29v median +1:31
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Block 06 12:41Running 6 9:35v median +1:50
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Block 07 20:58Running 7 10:17v median +2:35
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Block 08 27:26Running 8 17:18v median +8:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:27
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.