The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Naoki Takahashi finished in the top 10% of the field at Osaka 2026, in 1:10:39 for 74th of 1,119 men in the Open division.
The burpee broad jumps were where this race was made, 2:17 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:39 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 6:37, was faster than 92% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Osaka gained about 1:20. The fastest of 3 finishes in the Open division for Naoki Takahashi.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:57Running 1 2:33v median −0:23
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Block 02 6:42Running 2 4:18v median −1:00
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Block 03 9:07Running 3 4:43v median −1:03
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Block 04 7:40Running 4 4:35v median −1:07
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Block 05 9:19Running 5 4:56v median −1:06
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Block 06 6:52Running 6 5:04v median −0:45
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Block 07 8:47Running 7 4:48v median −0:59
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Block 08 8:45Running 8 3:39v median −1:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:37
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.