The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Shyam Sunder & Monnappa Bayavanda finished in the top 10% of the field at Mumbai 2025, in 1:18:41 for 21st of 305 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 94% of the field beaten on the runs, 71% on the stations. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:44 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 7:10, was faster than 91% of the field.
Mumbai cost the whole field time: about 3:55 more than the average race this season, going by 137 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:02Running 1 2:51v median −0:29
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Block 02 7:47Running 2 4:55v median −1:43
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Block 03 9:57Running 3 5:21v median −2:00
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Block 04 8:46Running 4 5:03v median −2:18
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Block 05 10:29Running 5 5:29v median −1:59
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Block 06 7:45Running 6 5:48v median −1:24
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Block 07 9:22Running 7 5:23v median −1:49
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Block 08 10:31Running 8 5:48v median −1:55
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:10
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 296
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 296 men's teams who finished.