The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthew C Chu finished 486th of 511 men in the Open division at Osaka 2026, in 2:21:03.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 9:29 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 17:49 worse 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
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Block 01 8:47Running 1 3:32v median +0:36
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Block 02 11:38Running 2 7:49v median +2:30
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Block 03 15:02Running 3 8:33v median +2:46
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Block 04 16:34Running 4 7:05v median +1:19
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Block 05 15:19Running 5 9:44v median +3:41
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Block 06 13:17Running 6 10:14v median +4:26
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Block 07 24:34Running 7 9:45v median +3:55
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Block 08 22:55Running 8 10:38v median +5:41
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:04
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.