Steven vs Stephen

USA USA · Open Men · 2 results

Steven Valentine

1:27:09 best Open Men time · Houston 2026
780th of 2,230 place in that race · 2,230 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Stephen Taylor

1:27:08 best Open Men time · Houston 2026
778th of 2,230 place in that race · 2,230 Open Men finishers

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

Steven: Houston 2026, Open Men · Stephen: Houston 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Steven and Stephen sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Steven: strongest on Ski (faster than 94% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 27%).Stephen: strongest on Push (faster than 93% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 45%).

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Part Steven: faster than Stephen: faster than
Ski 94% 62%
Push 27% 93%
Pull 64% 81%
BBJ 70% 66%
Row 76% 64%
Carry 57% 65%
Lunges 50% 86%
Wall balls 39% 76%
Roxzone 42% 61%
Runs 76% 45%

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

Part by part

Part Steven Stephen
SkiErg 94% 62%
Sled push 27% 93%
Sled pull 64% 81%
Burpee broad jump 70% 66%
Row 76% 64%
Farmers carry 57% 65%
Sandbag lunges 50% 86%
Wall balls 39% 76%
Roxzone (moving) 42% 61%
Runs (8 km) 76% 45%

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

Steven · Houston 2026 · Open Men1:27:09
4:514:134:283:524:505:174:435:024:524:434:512:114:585:395:158:388:53
Stephen · Houston 2026 · Open Men1:27:08
5:404:345:092:225:334:445:365:125:484:515:472:055:474:146:076:107:36
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.Steven · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 38:49 running, 39:35 at the stations and 8:53 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:38).Below, Stephen · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 45:27 running, 34:12 at the stations and 7:36 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:10).

See the numbers
Part Steven · Houston 2026 · Open Men Stephen · Houston 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:51 5:40
SkiErg 4:13 4:34
Run 2 4:28 5:09
Sled push 3:52 2:22
Run 3 4:50 5:33
Sled pull 5:17 4:44
Run 4 4:43 5:36
Burpee broad jump 5:02 5:12
Run 5 4:52 5:48
Row 4:43 4:51
Run 6 4:51 5:47
Farmers carry 2:11 2:05
Run 7 4:58 5:47
Sandbag lunges 5:39 4:14
Run 8 5:15 6:07
Wall balls 8:38 6:10
Roxzone 8:53 7:36
Finish 1:27:09 1:27:08

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Steven Stephen Gap
Houston 2026 Open Men · 26 Mar 2026 1:27:09 1:27:08 0:01 · Stephen faster
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