The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Yasutaka Hirano finished 971st of 1,119 men in the Open division at Osaka 2026, in 1:57:03.
A station race more than a running one: 34% of the field beaten on the stations, against 7% on the runs. On the sled pull the field had the edge, by 2:07. The race faded late: the second half went 10:31 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:34Running 1 3:22v median +0:26
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Block 02 10:40Running 2 6:09v median +0:51
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Block 03 14:02Running 3 6:31v median +0:45
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Block 04 10:58Running 4 6:08v median +0:26
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Block 05 12:49Running 5 7:36v median +1:34
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Block 06 10:19Running 6 7:03v median +1:14
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Block 07 17:55Running 7 12:27v median +6:40
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Block 08 18:05Running 8 9:59v median +5:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:48
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.