Dave vs Mark

USA USA · Open Men · 3 results

Dave Spaddy

1:11:12 best Open Men time · Washington DC 2026
249th of 2,855 place in that race · 2,855 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Mark Merkel

1:11:09 best Open Men time · Washington DC 2026
248th of 2,855 place in that race · 2,855 Open Men finishers

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

Dave: Washington DC 2026, Open Men · Mark: Washington DC 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Dave and Mark sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Dave: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 95% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 60%).Mark: strongest on Ski (faster than 95% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 65%).

See the numbers
Part Dave: faster than Mark: faster than
Ski 85% 95%
Push 92% 89%
Pull 84% 71%
BBJ 60% 92%
Row 95% 92%
Carry 80% 65%
Lunges 88% 86%
Wall balls 88% 84%
Roxzone 95% 87%
Runs 91% 92%

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

Part by part

Part Dave Mark
SkiErg 85% 95%
Sled push 92% 89%
Sled pull 84% 71%
Burpee broad jump 60% 92%
Row 95% 92%
Farmers carry 80% 65%
Sandbag lunges 88% 86%
Wall balls 88% 84%
Roxzone (moving) 95% 87%
Runs (8 km) 91% 92%

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

Dave · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men1:11:12
3:394:234:262:204:303:594:245:324:244:274:231:474:184:103:585:155:25
Mark · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men1:11:09
3:414:144:142:254:264:254:223:494:224:304:251:584:174:164:085:346:11
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.Dave · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men: 34:02 running, 31:52 at the stations and 5:25 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (5:32).Below, Mark · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men: 33:55 running, 31:12 at the stations and 6:11 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:34).

See the numbers
Part Dave · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men Mark · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:39 3:41
SkiErg 4:23 4:14
Run 2 4:26 4:14
Sled push 2:20 2:25
Run 3 4:30 4:26
Sled pull 3:59 4:25
Run 4 4:24 4:22
Burpee broad jump 5:32 3:49
Run 5 4:24 4:22
Row 4:27 4:30
Run 6 4:23 4:25
Farmers carry 1:47 1:58
Run 7 4:18 4:17
Sandbag lunges 4:10 4:16
Run 8 3:58 4:08
Wall balls 5:15 5:34
Roxzone 5:25 6:11
Finish 1:11:12 1:11:09

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Dave Mark Gap
Washington DC 2026 Open Men · 3 Sep 2026 1:11:12 1:11:09 0:03 · Mark faster
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