The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:43:56 at Osaka 2026 put Song Liu 344th of 511 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 47% of the field across all eight, against 22% on the runs. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 0:51. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:24 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:29Running 1 3:15v median +0:19
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Block 02 10:15Running 2 7:16v median +1:57
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Block 03 12:23Running 3 7:41v median +1:54
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Block 04 12:37Running 4 6:20v median +0:34
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Block 05 12:15Running 5 6:59v median +0:56
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Block 06 9:14Running 6 6:20v median +0:32
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Block 07 13:22Running 7 7:12v median +1:22
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Block 08 13:20Running 8 5:25v median +0:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:09
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.