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Japan / Osaka 2026 / Individual Open · Men / Season 8 (2025/26)

Paul Matthew Buchholz

USA M 35-39 n = 511
Finish · net time
1:58:59
+25:34 v median 1:33:25
Course −1:20 v season average ±0:22 · 777 athletes
Men
439/511
35-39
67/78
Field beaten
14%

The race, in three figures

Field beaten
16%
Runs
15%
Stations
Biggest gain
200m Farmers Carry
−0:18
v median
148/511
Rank
Biggest loss
80m Burpee Broad Jump
+5:05
v median
498/511
Rank

The race, in words

1:58:59 at Osaka 2026 put Paul Matthew Buchholz 439th of 511 men in the Open division.

On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 5:05. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:17 better against the middle of the field than the first.

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

  1. Block 01 9:29
    Running 1 4:27
    v median +1:31
    v median +0:08
  2. Block 02 9:42
    Running 2 5:50
    v median +0:31
    v median +0:34
  3. Block 03 14:46
    Running 3 7:07
    v median +1:20
    v median +2:14
  4. Block 04 17:54
    Running 4 7:23
    v median +1:37
    v median +5:05
  5. Block 05 12:41
    Running 5 7:45
    v median +1:42
    1000m Row 4:56
    v median −0:06
  6. Block 06 9:02
    Running 6 6:58
    v median +1:10
    v median −0:18
  7. Block 07 16:00
    Running 7 7:03
    v median +1:13
    v median +3:37
  8. Block 08 18:15
    Running 8 7:10
    v median +2:13
    Wall Balls 11:05
    v median +3:21

Roxzone, per block

Approach · Exit 11:17

B1 · 1000m SkiErg
1:33
0:42 0:51
B2 · 50m Sled Push
2:14
0:43 1:31
B3 · 50m Sled Pull
1:42
0:34 1:08
B4 · 80m Burpee Broad Jump
1:27
0:11 1:16
B5 · 1000m Row
1:17
0:27 0:50
B6 · 200m Farmers Carry
1:27
0:34 0:53
B7 · 100m Sandbag Lunges
1:35
0:45 0:50
B8 · Wall Balls
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No mats

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.

10:00 10:00 20:00 30:00 SkiErg Sled Push Sled Pull Burpee Broad Jump Row Farmers Carry Sandbag Lunges Finish Middle ↑ You ahead ↓ Field ahead 25:59
You ahead Field ahead Middle half · 25th–75th Crossed the middle · 0 Finish · 25:59 behind

Elsewhere

The board

Individual Open · Men at Osaka 2026

See this race on page 29
Source Unofficial
Event
Osaka 2026
Division
HYROX
Contest
H_LR3MS4JI1273
Measured against
Men · n = 511