The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Alexander Saveliev finished in the top 10% of the field at Osaka 2026, in 1:06:43 for 38th of 1,119 men in the Open division.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:50 ahead of the median. Stronger after halfway: 3:19 better against the middle of the field than before it. Quick through the roxzone: 6:21, ahead of 94% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Osaka gained about 1:20.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:19Running 1 2:05v median −0:51
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Block 02 5:52Running 2 3:49v median −1:29
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Block 03 7:57Running 3 4:13v median −1:33
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Block 04 8:54Running 4 4:03v median −1:39
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Block 05 9:16Running 5 4:36v median −1:26
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Block 06 5:46Running 6 4:09v median −1:40
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Block 07 7:37Running 7 4:02v median −1:45
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Block 08 8:49Running 8 2:59v median −1:54
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:21
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.