The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Manas Jain finished 1,159th of 1,403 men in the Open division at Delhi 2026, in 2:25:42.
Legs and stations told different stories: 31% of the field beaten on the runs, 10% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 7:03 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:16 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Delhi cost the whole field time: about 1:56 more than the average race this season, going by 620 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:28Running 1 4:18v median −0:17
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Block 02 11:44Running 2 6:14v median −0:32
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Block 03 25:14Running 3 10:44v median +3:05
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Block 04 20:25Running 4 10:36v median +3:13
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Block 05 15:14Running 5 8:49v median +1:11
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Block 06 11:09Running 6 8:18v median +0:59
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Block 07 21:45Running 7 7:32v median +0:14
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Block 08 20:32Running 8 6:53v median +0:49
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:20
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1374
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,374 men who finished.