The race, in three figures
The race, in words
HOJONG KIM took 3rd of 65 in the 35–39 age group at Osaka 2026, in 1:09:16.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:46 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:45 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 5:54, was faster than 93% of the field.
Osaka ran fast: the 172 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:08 quicker here than at their other races. That was 3:15 off the time at Seoul 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:16Running 1 2:04v median −0:33
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Block 02 8:39Running 2 4:14v median −0:32
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Block 03 8:41Running 3 4:19v median −0:52
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Block 04 7:51Running 4 4:37v median −0:32
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Block 05 9:07Running 5 4:53v median −0:28
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Block 06 6:40Running 6 4:44v median −0:30
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Block 07 8:00Running 7 4:52v median −0:26
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Block 08 8:17Running 8 3:38v median −0:41
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:54
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 337
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 337 men who finished.