The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:27:44 at Osaka 2026 put Justin Marco Sunico 1,093rd of 1,119 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 6:03 behind the median. A harder second half: 5:06 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 15:41 in the roxzone was slower than 96% of the field.
Osaka gave the field time back: about 1:20 faster than the average race this season, by 777 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:14Running 1 4:21v median +1:25
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Block 02 13:52Running 2 9:03v median +3:45
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Block 03 15:58Running 3 9:43v median +3:57
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Block 04 20:33Running 4 10:13v median +4:31
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Block 05 16:32Running 5 10:35v median +4:33
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Block 06 13:02Running 6 10:21v median +4:32
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Block 07 21:39Running 7 10:11v median +4:24
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Block 08 20:21Running 8 8:23v median +3:30
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 15:41
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.