The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Hiromu Higuchi finished 722nd of 1,119 men in the Open division at Osaka 2026, in 1:40:20.
A station race more than a running one: 51% of the field beaten on the stations, against 20% on the runs. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:09. The race faded late: the second half went 4:20 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:26Running 1 3:26v median +0:30
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Block 02 8:32Running 2 6:02v median +0:44
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Block 03 11:32Running 3 6:32v median +0:46
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Block 04 12:05Running 4 6:46v median +1:04
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Block 05 12:35Running 5 7:24v median +1:22
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Block 06 10:08Running 6 7:26v median +1:37
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Block 07 13:05Running 7 7:32v median +1:45
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Block 08 14:12Running 8 5:42v median +0:49
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:53
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.