Derek vs Sam

USA USA · Open Men · 3 results

Derek Cooper

2:27:26 best Open Men time · Miami 2026
1443rd of 1,464 place in that race · 1,464 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 3 results

Sam Darwish

2:06:34 best Open Men time · New York 2026
4189th of 4,637 place in that race · 4,637 Open Men finishers

Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more

Derek: Miami 2026, Open Men · Sam: New York 2026, Open Men

50% top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
DerekSamedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Derek and Sam sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Derek: strongest on Carry (faster than 45% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 1%).Sam: strongest on BBJ (faster than 18% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 3%).

See the numbers
Part Derek: faster than Sam: faster than
Ski 3% 3%
Push 13% 8%
Pull 20% 6%
BBJ 3% 18%
Row 2% 3%
Carry 45% 10%
Lunges 4% 4%
Wall balls 6% 15%
Roxzone 5% 6%
Runs 1% 17%

Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.

Part by part

Part Derek Sam
SkiErg 3% 3%
Sled push 13% 8%
Sled pull 20% 6%
Burpee broad jump 3% 18%
Row 2% 3%
Farmers carry 45% 10%
Sandbag lunges 4% 4%
Wall balls 6% 15%
Roxzone (moving) 5% 6%
Runs (8 km) 1% 17%

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

Derek · Miami 2026 · Open Men2:27:26
9:385:378:324:139:227:019:2010:529:476:249:332:1210:129:3810:3313:1011:30
Sam · New York 2026 · Open Men2:06:34
6:405:366:074:326:187:446:367:537:206:336:553:337:1910:489:0311:3312:12
RunsStationsRoxzone (moving between stations)

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.Derek · Miami 2026 · Open Men: 1:16:56 running, 59:08 at the stations and 11:30 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (13:10).Below, Sam · New York 2026 · Open Men: 56:19 running, 58:11 at the stations and 12:12 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (11:33).

See the numbers
Part Derek · Miami 2026 · Open Men Sam · New York 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 9:38 6:40
SkiErg 5:37 5:36
Run 2 8:32 6:07
Sled push 4:13 4:32
Run 3 9:22 6:18
Sled pull 7:01 7:44
Run 4 9:20 6:36
Burpee broad jump 10:52 7:53
Run 5 9:47 7:20
Row 6:24 6:33
Run 6 9:33 6:55
Farmers carry 2:12 3:33
Run 7 10:12 7:19
Sandbag lunges 9:38 10:48
Run 8 10:33 9:03
Wall balls 13:10 11:33
Roxzone 11:30 12:12
Finish 2:27:26 2:06:34

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Derek Sam Gap
Miami 2026 Open Men · 3 Apr 2026 2:27:26 2:28:48 1:22 · Derek faster
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