David vs Eric
CAN · Open Men · 2 results David Popowich
USA · Open Men · 1 result Eric Ferguson
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
David: Toronto 2024, Open Men · Eric: Ottawa 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where David and Eric sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.David: strongest on Row (faster than 32% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 4%).Eric: strongest on Push (faster than 63% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 1%).
See the numbers
| Part | David: faster than | Eric: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 17% | 4% |
| Push | 10% | 63% |
| Pull | 4% | 36% |
| BBJ | 4% | 5% |
| Row | 32% | 5% |
| Carry | 5% | 14% |
| Lunges | 15% | 9% |
| Wall balls | 8% | 30% |
| Roxzone | 11% | 5% |
| Runs | 19% | 1% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | David | Eric |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 17% | 4% |
| Sled push | 10% | 63% |
| Sled pull | 4% | 36% |
| Burpee broad jump | 4% | 5% |
| Row | 32% | 5% |
| Farmers carry | 5% | 14% |
| Sandbag lunges | 15% | 9% |
| Wall balls | 8% | 30% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 11% | 5% |
| Runs (8 km) | 19% | 1% |
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.David · Toronto 2024 · Open Men: 51:11 running, 54:59 at the stations and 12:46 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:49).Below, Eric · Ottawa 2026 · Open Men: 1:17:26 running, 51:13 at the stations and 11:32 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (10:39) and the shortest the sled push (2:56).
See the numbers
| Part | David · Toronto 2024 · Open Men | Eric · Ottawa 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 6:30 | 8:26 |
| SkiErg | 4:57 | 5:21 |
| Run 2 | 5:41 | 7:34 |
| Sled push | 4:11 | 2:56 |
| Run 3 | 6:00 | 8:32 |
| Sled pull | 8:19 | 5:40 |
| Run 4 | 5:59 | 9:11 |
| Burpee broad jump | 10:42 | 10:39 |
| Run 5 | 6:04 | 9:50 |
| Row | 5:20 | 5:43 |
| Run 6 | 5:58 | 9:24 |
| Farmers carry | 3:16 | 2:59 |
| Run 7 | 5:50 | 10:01 |
| Sandbag lunges | 7:25 | 8:41 |
| Run 8 | 9:09 | 14:28 |
| Wall balls | 10:49 | 9:14 |
| Roxzone | 12:46 | 11:32 |
| Finish | 1:58:49 | 2:20:04 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | David | Eric | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ottawa 2026 Open Men · 14 May 2026 | 2:20:47 | 2:20:04 | 0:43 · Eric faster |
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