The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Hiroshi Kato took 2nd of 289 in the 30–34 age group at Osaka 2026, in 1:01:12.
The burpee broad jumps were where this race was made, 3:11 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:18 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 5:30, was faster than 99% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Osaka gained about 1:20. Hiroshi Kato's fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:30Running 1 2:06v median −0:50
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Block 02 6:03Running 2 3:46v median −1:32
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Block 03 8:23Running 3 4:06v median −1:40
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Block 04 6:05Running 4 3:54v median −1:48
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Block 05 8:28Running 5 4:06v median −1:56
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Block 06 5:21Running 6 4:02v median −1:47
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Block 07 6:28Running 7 4:09v median −1:38
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Block 08 8:30Running 8 3:01v median −1:52
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:30
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1089
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,089 men who finished.