Payton vs Joy
USA · Pro Women · 4 results Payton Smith
USA · Pro Women · 2 results Joy James
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Payton: Washington DC 2026, Open Women · Joy: New York 2026, Open Women
This chart shows where Payton and Joy sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Payton: strongest on Push (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 79%).Joy: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 86% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 13%).
See the numbers
| Part | Payton: faster than | Joy: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 98% | 72% |
| Push | 99% | 13% |
| Pull | 95% | 65% |
| BBJ | 94% | 58% |
| Row | 95% | 36% |
| Carry | 87% | 34% |
| Lunges | 92% | 19% |
| Wall balls | 93% | 38% |
| Roxzone | 84% | 86% |
| Runs | 79% | 48% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Payton | Joy |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 98% | 72% |
| Sled push | 99% | 13% |
| Sled pull | 95% | 65% |
| Burpee broad jump | 94% | 58% |
| Row | 95% | 36% |
| Farmers carry | 87% | 34% |
| Sandbag lunges | 92% | 19% |
| Wall balls | 93% | 38% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 84% | 86% |
| Runs (8 km) | 79% | 48% |
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
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.Payton · Washington DC 2026 · Open Women: 42:19 running, 30:52 at the stations and 7:08 in the roxzone; the longest station was the row (4:59) and the shortest the sled push (1:43).Below, Joy · New York 2026 · Open Women: 52:29 running, 46:01 at the stations and 5:44 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:26).
See the numbers
| Part | Payton · Washington DC 2026 · Open Women | Joy · New York 2026 · Open Women |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:03 | 5:58 |
| SkiErg | 4:45 | 5:05 |
| Run 2 | 5:08 | 6:46 |
| Sled push | 1:43 | 3:44 |
| Run 3 | 5:44 | 6:14 |
| Sled pull | 4:09 | 5:20 |
| Run 4 | 5:26 | 6:25 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:33 | 6:51 |
| Run 5 | 5:40 | 6:48 |
| Row | 4:59 | 5:54 |
| Run 6 | 5:33 | 6:19 |
| Farmers carry | 1:52 | 2:59 |
| Run 7 | 5:25 | 6:16 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:02 | 7:43 |
| Run 8 | 5:20 | 7:42 |
| Wall balls | 4:49 | 8:26 |
| Roxzone | 7:08 | 5:44 |
| Finish | 1:20:10 | 1:44:08 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Payton | Joy | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington DC 2026 Pro Women · 3 Sep 2026 | 1:48:44 | 1:48:33 | 0:11 · Joy faster |
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