The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Quoc Vu finished 620th of 1,119 men in the Open division at Osaka 2026, in 1:35:46.
Legs and stations told different stories: 53% of the field beaten on the runs, 33% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 2:26 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:14 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Osaka gave the field time back: about 1:20 faster than the average race this season, by 777 athletes who raced both. An improvement of 12:05 on Perth 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
-
Block 01 8:14Running 1 3:15v median +0:19
-
Block 02 9:50Running 2 5:38v median +0:20
-
Block 03 11:15Running 3 5:44v median −0:02
-
Block 04 13:20Running 4 5:32v median −0:10
-
Block 05 10:54Running 5 5:59v median −0:03
-
Block 06 7:22Running 6 5:49v median +0:00
-
Block 07 12:36Running 7 5:48v median +0:01
-
Block 08 13:26Running 8 4:41v median −0:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:56
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.