The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:35:15 at Osaka 2026 put Hsi wen Chen 604th of 1,119 men in the Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 65% of the field beaten on the stations, against 36% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:03 on the median. A harder second half: 1:23 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 9:21Running 1 4:15v median +1:19
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Block 02 9:04Running 2 5:42v median +0:24
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Block 03 10:34Running 3 5:45v median −0:01
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Block 04 10:04Running 4 5:45v median +0:03
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Block 05 11:19Running 5 6:16v median +0:14
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Block 06 8:42Running 6 6:10v median +0:21
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Block 07 11:03Running 7 6:10v median +0:23
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Block 08 13:08Running 8 6:11v median +1:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:07
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.