The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Shintaro Aoki & Taichi Kanda & Kodai Ishikawa & Takumi Ishii finished 55th of 110 men's teams in the Relay division at Osaka 2026, in 1:18:58, faster than 50% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 70% of the field beaten on the runs, 39% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 1:54 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:09 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:56Running 1 3:00v median +0:28
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Block 02 6:51Running 2 4:13v median −0:22
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Block 03 8:52Running 3 4:24v median −0:11
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Block 04 9:41Running 4 3:57v median −0:34
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Block 05 10:01Running 5 5:07v median +0:09
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Block 06 6:44Running 6 4:57v median +0:06
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Block 07 10:31Running 7 4:19v median −0:25
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Block 08 10:13Running 8 3:17v median −0:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:18
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 108
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 108 men's teams who finished.