The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Kono Shoma finished 210th of 511 men in the Open division at Osaka 2026, in 1:29:44, faster than 59% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 70% of the field beaten on the runs, 44% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:38 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:48 behind the median.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Osaka gained about 1:20.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:26Running 1 2:36v median −0:20
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Block 02 8:41Running 2 5:17v median −0:02
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Block 03 11:03Running 3 5:38v median −0:09
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Block 04 11:14Running 4 5:14v median −0:32
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Block 05 10:43Running 5 5:37v median −0:26
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Block 06 7:43Running 6 5:15v median −0:33
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Block 07 9:50Running 7 5:08v median −0:42
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Block 08 14:45Running 8 4:13v median −0:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:28
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 491
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 491 men who finished.