The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:34:26 at Osaka 2026 put Shinya Nakamura 585th of 1,119 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 63% of the field across all eight, against 32% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:55 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 4:06 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:35Running 1 2:44v median −0:12
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Block 02 8:31Running 2 4:51v median −0:27
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Block 03 12:53Running 3 7:55v median +2:09
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Block 04 12:20Running 4 6:36v median +0:54
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Block 05 11:34Running 5 6:40v median +0:38
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Block 06 9:16Running 6 6:36v median +0:47
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Block 07 10:09Running 7 6:39v median +0:52
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Block 08 12:18Running 8 5:04v median +0:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:00
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.