Aaron vs Zijian
Aaron Soto
Zijian Yang
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Aaron: New York 2025, Open Men · Zijian: Beijing 2025, Open Men
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This chart shows where Aaron and Zijian sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Aaron: strongest on Push (faster than 97% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 11%).Zijian: strongest on Push (faster than 75% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 27%).
See the numbers
| Part | Aaron: faster than | Zijian: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 11% | 31% |
| Push | 97% | 75% |
| Pull | 61% | 61% |
| BBJ | 59% | 41% |
| Row | 35% | 49% |
| Carry | 50% | 32% |
| Lunges | 82% | 29% |
| Wall balls | 17% | 39% |
| Roxzone | no split | 27% |
| Runs | no split | 37% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Aaron | Zijian |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 11% | 31% |
| Sled push | 97% | 75% |
| Sled pull | 61% | 61% |
| Burpee broad jump | 59% | 41% |
| Row | 35% | 49% |
| Farmers carry | 50% | 32% |
| Sandbag lunges | 82% | 29% |
| Wall balls | 17% | 39% |
| Roxzone (moving) | — | 27% |
| Runs (8 km) | — | 37% |
The share of their own field each athlete beat on that segment, at the race named on the left. Higher is better; green marks the better of the two. A dash means no split was published.
Those races as one bar each
This chart draws the race in order, left to right: each 1 km run (blue), each station (yellow) and the roxzone (grey), sized by its time.Aaron · New York 2025 · Open Men: 6:16 running and 36:58 at the stations; the longest station was the wall balls (9:38) and the shortest the sled push (1:43).Below, Zijian · Beijing 2025 · Open Men: 46:32 running, 42:55 at the stations and 10:52 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:45).
See the numbers
| Part | Aaron · New York 2025 · Open Men | Zijian · Beijing 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 6:16 | 4:36 |
| SkiErg | 5:04 | 4:57 |
| Run 2 | — | 5:04 |
| Sled push | 1:43 | 3:09 |
| Run 3 | — | 5:48 |
| Sled pull | 3:50 | 5:45 |
| Run 4 | — | 5:44 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:02 | 5:58 |
| Run 5 | — | 6:05 |
| Row | 5:03 | 5:00 |
| Run 6 | — | 5:53 |
| Farmers carry | 2:21 | 2:37 |
| Run 7 | — | 5:51 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:17 | 6:43 |
| Run 8 | — | 7:32 |
| Wall balls | 9:38 | 8:45 |
| Roxzone | — | 10:52 |
| Finish | 1:40:21 | 1:40:11 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Aaron | Zijian | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York 2026 Open Men · 28 May 2026 | 1:47:38 | 1:47:41 | 0:03 · Aaron faster |
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