The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ryoma Nishimura finished 936th of 1,119 men in the Open division at Osaka 2026, in 1:52:05.
Legs and stations told different stories: 39% of the field beaten on the runs, 11% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 3:40. The race faded late: the second half went 4:27 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. Ryoma Nishimura's fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:34Running 1 3:02v median +0:06
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Block 02 9:28Running 2 5:41v median +0:23
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Block 03 13:45Running 3 6:07v median +0:21
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Block 04 13:27Running 4 6:05v median +0:23
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Block 05 11:47Running 5 6:11v median +0:09
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Block 06 9:51Running 6 6:16v median +0:27
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Block 07 15:33Running 7 6:28v median +0:41
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Block 08 16:09Running 8 5:34v median +0:41
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:37
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.