The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Samuel Gough finished in the top 10% of the field at Osaka 2026, in 1:04:10 for 17th of 1,119 men in the Open division.
The wall balls were where this race was made, 3:19 ahead of the median. Stronger after halfway: 5:06 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 6:12, was faster than 95% of the field.
Osaka gave the field time back: about 1:20 faster than the average race this season, by 777 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:56Running 1 2:45v median −0:11
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Block 02 6:53Running 2 4:37v median −0:41
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Block 03 7:30Running 3 4:25v median −1:21
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Block 04 7:40Running 4 4:19v median −1:23
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Block 05 8:27Running 5 4:21v median −1:41
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Block 06 5:55Running 6 4:24v median −1:25
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Block 07 7:20Running 7 4:21v median −1:26
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Block 08 7:25Running 8 3:23v median −1:30
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:12
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.