The race, in three figures
The race, in words
一元 中西 finished 1,028th of 1,119 men in the Open division at Osaka 2026, in 2:05:19.
Legs and stations told different stories: 55% of the field beaten on the runs, 2% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 28:33 behind the median. A harder second half: 26:47 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 2:57v median +0:01
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Block 02 9:23Running 2 5:09v median −0:09
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Block 03 11:27Running 3 5:51v median +0:05
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Block 04 12:24Running 4 5:22v median −0:20
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Block 05 11:20Running 5 6:04v median +0:02
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Block 06 8:49Running 6 5:40v median −0:09
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Block 07 39:28Running 7 5:30v median −0:17
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Block 08 13:59Running 8 5:27v median +0:34
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:30
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.