The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Joaquim Gomes at Osaka 2026: 1:04:52, 23rd of 1,119 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 3:19 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 4:28 better against the middle of the field than before it. Quick through the roxzone: 5:30, ahead of 99% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Osaka gained about 1:20. 0:23 slower than at Bilbao 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:41Running 1 2:22v median −0:34
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Block 02 7:11Running 2 4:11v median −1:07
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Block 03 7:42Running 3 4:17v median −1:29
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Block 04 7:50Running 4 4:17v median −1:25
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Block 05 8:47Running 5 4:24v median −1:38
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Block 06 6:21Running 6 4:21v median −1:28
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Block 07 7:38Running 7 4:21v median −1:26
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Block 08 7:20Running 8 3:18v median −1:35
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.