Thomas vs Paden

USA USA · Open Men · 3 results

Thomas Palacio

1:37:30 best Open Men time · Houston 2026
1282nd of 2,230 place in that race · 2,230 Open Men finishers
CAN CAN · Open Men · 2 results

Paden Powell

1:37:30 best Open Men time · Houston 2026
1283rd of 2,230 place in that race · 2,230 Open Men finishers

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

Thomas: Houston 2026, Open Men · Paden: Houston 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Thomas and Paden sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Thomas: strongest on Carry (faster than 91% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 23%).Paden: strongest on Ski (faster than 94% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 16%).

See the numbers
Part Thomas: faster than Paden: faster than
Ski 81% 94%
Push 39% 82%
Pull 83% 75%
BBJ 70% 16%
Row 61% 78%
Carry 91% 91%
Lunges 23% 55%
Wall balls 70% 53%
Roxzone 33% 57%
Runs 27% 28%

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

Part by part

Part Thomas Paden
SkiErg 81% 94%
Sled push 39% 82%
Sled pull 83% 75%
Burpee broad jump 70% 16%
Row 61% 78%
Farmers carry 91% 91%
Sandbag lunges 23% 55%
Wall balls 70% 53%
Roxzone (moving) 33% 57%
Runs (8 km) 27% 28%

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

Thomas · Houston 2026 · Open Men1:37:30
5:384:245:433:285:424:375:585:046:284:537:101:436:497:006:566:329:33
Paden · Houston 2026 · Open Men1:37:30
6:064:145:562:386:184:556:148:176:354:426:141:436:125:286:397:357:53
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.Thomas · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 50:25 running, 37:41 at the stations and 9:33 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (7:00).Below, Paden · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 50:13 running, 39:32 at the stations and 7:53 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (8:17).

See the numbers
Part Thomas · Houston 2026 · Open Men Paden · Houston 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:38 6:06
SkiErg 4:24 4:14
Run 2 5:43 5:56
Sled push 3:28 2:38
Run 3 5:42 6:18
Sled pull 4:37 4:55
Run 4 5:58 6:14
Burpee broad jump 5:04 8:17
Run 5 6:28 6:35
Row 4:53 4:42
Run 6 7:10 6:14
Farmers carry 1:43 1:43
Run 7 6:49 6:12
Sandbag lunges 7:00 5:28
Run 8 6:56 6:39
Wall balls 6:32 7:35
Roxzone 9:33 7:53
Finish 1:37:30 1:37:30

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Thomas Paden Gap
Houston 2026 Open Men · 26 Mar 2026 1:37:30 1:37:30 level
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