The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Haoran Gao finished 493rd of 511 men in the Open division at Osaka 2026, in 2:26:55.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 10:03 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 29:21 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:08Running 1 3:18v median +0:22
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Block 02 10:35Running 2 6:52v median +1:33
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Block 03 15:28Running 3 7:57v median +2:10
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Block 04 16:30Running 4 7:57v median +2:11
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Block 05 20:30Running 5 12:17v median +6:14
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Block 06 12:07Running 6 9:24v median +3:36
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Block 07 25:09Running 7 9:46v median +3:56
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Block 08 25:49Running 8 16:08v median +11:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:48
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.