The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Taichi Hirokawa finished 767th of 1,119 men in the Open division at Osaka 2026, in 1:42:03.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:17. The race faded late: the second half went 5:35 worse against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 13:06, behind 85% of the field.
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 7:41Running 1 2:49v median −0:07
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Block 02 8:53Running 2 5:21v median +0:03
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Block 03 11:58Running 3 6:18v median +0:32
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Block 04 12:17Running 4 5:57v median +0:15
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Block 05 11:22Running 5 6:22v median +0:20
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Block 06 9:05Running 6 6:23v median +0:34
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Block 07 13:14Running 7 6:32v median +0:45
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Block 08 14:37Running 8 7:12v median +2:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:06
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.