The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:29:26 at Osaka 2026 put Hikaru Watanabe 177th of 340 men in the Pro division.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:45 ahead of the median. On the farmers carry the field had the edge, by 0:44. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:13 better against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Osaka gained about 1:08.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:09Running 1 4:20v median +1:43
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Block 02 9:22Running 2 4:55v median +0:09
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Block 03 11:52Running 3 5:13v median +0:02
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Block 04 10:02Running 4 5:13v median +0:04
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Block 05 9:55Running 5 5:25v median +0:04
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Block 06 8:28Running 6 5:06v median −0:08
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Block 07 9:48Running 7 5:21v median +0:03
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Block 08 12:50Running 8 5:28v median +1:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:08
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 337
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 337 men who finished.