The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Masahiro Azuma finished in the top 10% of the field at Osaka 2026, in 1:11:57 for 87th of 1,119 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:56 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 3:53 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Osaka gave the field time back: about 1:20 faster than the average race this season, by 777 athletes who raced both. That was 2:02 off the time at Seoul 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:30Running 1 2:17v median −0:39
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Block 02 7:22Running 2 4:11v median −1:07
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Block 03 8:45Running 3 4:37v median −1:09
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Block 04 8:57Running 4 4:34v median −1:08
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Block 05 9:05Running 5 4:35v median −1:27
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Block 06 6:27Running 6 4:27v median −1:22
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Block 07 8:24Running 7 4:33v median −1:14
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Block 08 8:50Running 8 3:25v median −1:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:44
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.