The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Kentaro Obayashi finished 948th of 1,267 men in the Open division at Beijing I 2026, in 1:53:14.
The runs carried this race: faster than 37% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 17% on the stations. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 4:05. Paced to finish: the second half went 4:03 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Beijing I gave the field time back: about 2:09 faster than the average race this season, by 564 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:46Running 1 5:44v median +0:31
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Block 02 9:21Running 2 5:27v median +0:39
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Block 03 13:16Running 3 6:02v median +0:50
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Block 04 16:00Running 4 6:03v median +0:52
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Block 05 11:55Running 5 6:07v median +0:38
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Block 06 8:32Running 6 5:41v median +0:24
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Block 07 14:05Running 7 5:34v median +0:15
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Block 08 16:53Running 8 6:34v median +0:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:34
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1258
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,258 men who finished.