ATHLETE PROFILE
Kota Sakai
🇯🇵 JPN 3 races Best time 1:23:48
Finished top 45% of Open Men at HYROX Maastricht 2026; 3 races, best 1:23:48.
Race insights
Kota Sakai's best finish relative to the field was 2026 Maastricht: 1:23:48, rank 913 of 2,058 in Open Men (top 45%). The division median that day was 1:26:02.
From 2026 Berlin (1:32:02) to 2026 Rome (1:29:52), Kota Sakai got faster by 2 min 10 sec in Open; the fastest race in that run was 2026 Maastricht at 1:23:48.
Race history
| Event | Division | Finish | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Rome | Open Men | #1,781 of 2,816(top 64%) | 1:29:52 |
| 2026 Maastricht | Open Men | #913 of 2,058(top 45%) | 1:23:48 |
| 2026 Berlin | Open Men | #2,673 of 4,131(top 65%) | 1:32:02 |
Times come from official HYROX results. Finish shows the rank within the division at that event, with the top percentage of the field in brackets.
Finished alongside Kota Sakai
At 2026 Rome, Open Men:
- #1,776 Molnár Károly — 1:29:48
- #1,777 Tobia Blarasin — 1:29:49
- #1,778 Michael Dutton — 1:29:49
- #1,779 Daniele Pio Baldini — 1:29:51
- #1,780 Davide Conti — 1:29:52
- #1,782 Mateusz Chamny — 1:29:53
- #1,783 Sean Robinson — 1:29:53
- #1,784 Remi Hichard — 1:29:53
- #1,785 Faissal Tahri — 1:29:54
- #1,786 Federico Mazzacane — 1:29:55