The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Frank Soriano finished in the top 10% of the field at Osaka 2026, in 1:05:58 for 31st of 1,119 men in the Open division.
The wall balls were where this race was made, 3:04 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 5:42 better against the middle of the field than the first. Quick through the roxzone: 5:52, ahead of 97% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Osaka gained about 1:20. 3:47 faster than at Boston 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:17Running 1 2:02v median −0:54
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Block 02 7:35Running 2 4:20v median −0:58
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Block 03 9:01Running 3 4:29v median −1:17
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Block 04 7:34Running 4 4:27v median −1:15
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Block 05 8:49Running 5 4:25v median −1:37
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Block 06 5:51Running 6 4:24v median −1:25
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Block 07 7:32Running 7 4:30v median −1:17
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Block 08 7:37Running 8 3:20v median −1:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:52
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.