Mark vs John

USA USA · Open Men · 6 results

Mark Liljenberg

1:38:40 best Open Men time · London Olympia 2026
2053rd of 2,650 place in that race · 2,650 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

John Balzarini

1:51:55 best Open Men time · New York 2026
3703rd of 4,637 place in that race · 4,637 Open Men finishers

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

Mark: London Olympia 2026, Open Men · John: New York 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Mark and John sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Mark: strongest on Push (faster than 63% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 13%).John: strongest on Pull (faster than 46% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 7%).

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Part Mark: faster than John: faster than
Ski 59% 7%
Push 63% 24%
Pull 20% 46%
BBJ 18% 7%
Row 14% 14%
Carry 13% 14%
Lunges 42% 22%
Wall balls 62% 22%
Roxzone 13% 28%
Runs 16% 23%

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

Part by part

Part Mark John
SkiErg 59% 7%
Sled push 63% 24%
Sled pull 20% 46%
Burpee broad jump 18% 7%
Row 14% 14%
Farmers carry 13% 14%
Sandbag lunges 42% 22%
Wall balls 62% 22%
Roxzone (moving) 13% 28%
Runs (8 km) 16% 23%

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

Mark · London Olympia 2026 · Open Men1:38:40
5:334:245:482:456:085:275:547:286:025:236:123:015:565:358:016:438:28
John · New York 2026 · Open Men1:51:55
6:215:185:393:435:365:035:289:405:575:415:543:196:007:1612:0610:228:39
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.Mark · London Olympia 2026 · Open Men: 49:34 running, 40:46 at the stations and 8:28 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (7:28) and the shortest the sled push (2:45).Below, John · New York 2026 · Open Men: 53:01 running, 50:23 at the stations and 8:39 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:22).

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Part Mark · London Olympia 2026 · Open Men John · New York 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:33 6:21
SkiErg 4:24 5:18
Run 2 5:48 5:39
Sled push 2:45 3:43
Run 3 6:08 5:36
Sled pull 5:27 5:03
Run 4 5:54 5:28
Burpee broad jump 7:28 9:40
Run 5 6:02 5:57
Row 5:23 5:41
Run 6 6:12 5:54
Farmers carry 3:01 3:19
Run 7 5:56 6:00
Sandbag lunges 5:35 7:16
Run 8 8:01 12:06
Wall balls 6:43 10:22
Roxzone 8:28 8:39
Finish 1:38:40 1:51:55

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Mark John Gap
New York 2026 Open Men · 28 May 2026 1:51:56 1:51:55 0:01 · John faster
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