Brian vs Ryan

USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Brian Smasal

2:09:23 best Open Men time · Houston 2026
2042nd of 2,230 place in that race · 2,230 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 2 results

Ryan Bailey

2:09:22 best Open Men time · Houston 2026
2040th of 2,230 place in that race · 2,230 Open Men finishers

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

Brian: Houston 2026, Open Men · Ryan: Houston 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Brian and Ryan sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Brian: strongest on Push (faster than 58% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 2%).Ryan: strongest on Push (faster than 73% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 2%).

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Part Brian: faster than Ryan: faster than
Ski 26% 30%
Push 58% 73%
Pull 31% 23%
BBJ 6% 2%
Row 6% 22%
Carry 55% 2%
Lunges 13% 3%
Wall balls 22% 12%
Roxzone 2% 7%
Runs 9% 16%

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

Part by part

Part Brian Ryan
SkiErg 26% 30%
Sled push 58% 73%
Sled pull 31% 23%
Burpee broad jump 6% 2%
Row 6% 22%
Farmers carry 55% 2%
Sandbag lunges 13% 3%
Wall balls 22% 12%
Roxzone (moving) 2% 7%
Runs (8 km) 9% 16%

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

Brian · Houston 2026 · Open Men2:09:23
7:014:566:243:057:356:287:3810:008:276:018:102:127:237:529:1110:2416:43
Ryan · Houston 2026 · Open Men2:09:22
6:274:535:512:496:496:556:4212:287:365:266:423:576:5511:128:5312:2613:27
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.Brian · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 1:01:49 running, 50:58 at the stations and 16:43 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:24).Below, Ryan · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 55:55 running, 1:00:06 at the stations and 13:27 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (12:28) and the shortest the sled push (2:49).

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Part Brian · Houston 2026 · Open Men Ryan · Houston 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 7:01 6:27
SkiErg 4:56 4:53
Run 2 6:24 5:51
Sled push 3:05 2:49
Run 3 7:35 6:49
Sled pull 6:28 6:55
Run 4 7:38 6:42
Burpee broad jump 10:00 12:28
Run 5 8:27 7:36
Row 6:01 5:26
Run 6 8:10 6:42
Farmers carry 2:12 3:57
Run 7 7:23 6:55
Sandbag lunges 7:52 11:12
Run 8 9:11 8:53
Wall balls 10:24 12:26
Roxzone 16:43 13:27
Finish 2:09:23 2:09:22

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Brian Ryan Gap
Houston 2026 Open Men · 26 Mar 2026 2:09:23 2:09:22 0:01 · Ryan faster
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