The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:17:03 at Osaka 2026 put Karl Russel Placio 1,072nd of 1,119 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 7:20 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:29 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 16:49 in the roxzone was slower than 97% of the field.
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 10:02Running 1 5:06v median +2:10
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Block 02 14:42Running 2 6:32v median +1:14
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Block 03 16:43Running 3 6:59v median +1:13
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Block 04 14:16Running 4 7:13v median +1:31
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Block 05 13:26Running 5 8:33v median +2:31
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Block 06 12:05Running 6 8:23v median +2:34
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Block 07 20:56Running 7 8:11v median +2:24
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Block 08 18:11Running 8 8:02v median +3:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 16:49
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.