The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Taewoo Kim finished in the top 10% of the field at Osaka 2026, in 1:08:41 for 53rd of 1,119 men in the Open division.
The wall balls were where this race was made, 2:50 ahead of the median. Stronger after halfway: 5:11 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 6:26, was faster than 93% of the field.
Osaka ran fast: the 777 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:20 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:11Running 1 2:38v median −0:18
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Block 02 6:58Running 2 4:46v median −0:32
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Block 03 8:23Running 3 4:49v median −0:57
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Block 04 8:31Running 4 4:48v median −0:54
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Block 05 9:20Running 5 4:56v median −1:06
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Block 06 6:16Running 6 4:34v median −1:15
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Block 07 7:53Running 7 4:27v median −1:20
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Block 08 7:52Running 8 3:21v median −1:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:26
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.