The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Varun Wadhwani finished 492nd of 851 men in the Open division at Mumbai 2025, in 1:59:42.
The runs carried this race: faster than 63% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 21% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 4:57 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:23 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Mumbai cost the whole field time: about 1:50 more than the average race this season, going by 427 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:07Running 1 3:05v median +0:01
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Block 02 11:08Running 2 6:09v median −0:10
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Block 03 13:59Running 3 6:26v median −0:54
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Block 04 18:44Running 4 6:30v median −0:35
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Block 05 12:24Running 5 6:44v median −0:30
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Block 06 10:11Running 6 7:06v median +0:10
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Block 07 16:32Running 7 6:56v median −0:07
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Block 08 19:52Running 8 7:16v median −0:38
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:50
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 830
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 830 men who finished.