The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Osaka 2026, Daisuke Takahashi crossed the line in 1:24:42: 338th of 1,119 men, faster than 70% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 91% of the field across all eight, against 41% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 2:45 on the median. A harder second half: 3:50 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 7:19Running 1 2:56v median +0:00
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Block 02 8:09Running 2 5:13v median −0:05
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Block 03 10:01Running 3 5:51v median +0:05
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Block 04 8:32Running 4 5:55v median +0:13
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Block 05 10:10Running 5 5:45v median −0:17
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Block 06 7:41Running 6 5:48v median −0:01
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Block 07 13:01Running 7 7:51v median +2:04
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Block 08 11:22Running 8 5:38v median +0:45
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:34
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.