The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Zhihui Zhang finished 739th of 1,119 men in the Open division at Osaka 2026, in 1:41:07.
The runs carried this race: faster than 55% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 23% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:49. A harder second half: 2:47 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Osaka ran fast: the 777 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:20 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:13Running 1 2:43v median −0:13
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Block 02 9:14Running 2 5:07v median −0:11
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Block 03 12:28Running 3 5:44v median −0:02
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Block 04 10:44Running 4 5:42v median +0:00
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Block 05 11:17Running 5 5:57v median −0:05
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Block 06 9:18Running 6 5:55v median +0:06
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Block 07 13:23Running 7 6:03v median +0:16
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Block 08 14:55Running 8 4:45v median −0:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:44
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.