The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:58:06 at Delhi 2025 put Akshay Puri 388th of 711 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 59% of the field beaten on the runs, 34% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 3:37. A harder second half: 2:48 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Delhi cost the whole field time: about 1:55 more than the average race this season, going by 332 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:27Running 1 4:50v median −0:16
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Block 02 9:44Running 2 5:08v median −0:30
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Block 03 14:28Running 3 6:03v median −0:21
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Block 04 13:08Running 4 6:08v median −0:10
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Block 05 11:52Running 5 6:13v median −0:12
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Block 06 9:25Running 6 6:04v median −0:08
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Block 07 13:12Running 7 6:07v median −0:03
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Block 08 22:26Running 8 8:27v median +0:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:31
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 697
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 697 men who finished.