The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Hiroyuki Suehara finished 1,006th of 1,119 men in the Open division at Osaka 2026, in 2:01:46.
Legs and stations told different stories: 61% of the field beaten on the runs, 3% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 10:22 behind the median. A harder second half: 8:02 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:48Running 1 2:48v median −0:08
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Block 02 10:41Running 2 5:11v median −0:07
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Block 03 13:07Running 3 5:33v median −0:13
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Block 04 15:36Running 4 5:28v median −0:14
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Block 05 11:49Running 5 5:38v median −0:24
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Block 06 8:14Running 6 5:32v median −0:17
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Block 07 18:55Running 7 5:31v median −0:16
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Block 08 22:53Running 8 5:10v median +0:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:52
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.