The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Hiroto Watanabe finished 747th of 1,119 men in the Open division at Osaka 2026, in 1:41:36.
The runs carried this race: faster than 61% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 21% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 2:14 slower than the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:36 better 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 7:40Running 1 2:41v median −0:15
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Block 02 10:36Running 2 5:32v median +0:14
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Block 03 12:29Running 3 5:56v median +0:10
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Block 04 12:35Running 4 5:32v median −0:10
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Block 05 11:12Running 5 5:37v median −0:25
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Block 06 8:52Running 6 5:30v median −0:19
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Block 07 11:32Running 7 5:16v median −0:31
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Block 08 14:23Running 8 4:48v median −0:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:25
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.