Sheldon vs Gary

USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Sheldon Smith

1:21:41 best Open Men time · Phoenix 2026
504th of 1,563 place in that race · 1,563 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 5 results

Gary Strauser

1:21:38 best Open Men time · Phoenix 2026
502nd of 1,563 place in that race · 1,563 Open Men finishers

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

Sheldon: Phoenix 2026, Open Men · Gary: Phoenix 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Sheldon and Gary sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Sheldon: strongest on Carry (faster than 93% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 39%).Gary: strongest on Row (faster than 93% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 47%).

See the numbers
Part Sheldon: faster than Gary: faster than
Ski 58% 75%
Push 39% 82%
Pull 68% 47%
BBJ 45% 80%
Row 66% 93%
Carry 93% 76%
Lunges 48% 63%
Wall balls 60% 72%
Roxzone 63% 52%
Runs 70% 59%

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

Part by part

Part Sheldon Gary
SkiErg 58% 75%
Sled push 39% 82%
Sled pull 68% 47%
Burpee broad jump 45% 80%
Row 66% 93%
Farmers carry 93% 76%
Sandbag lunges 48% 63%
Wall balls 60% 72%
Roxzone (moving) 63% 52%
Runs (8 km) 70% 59%

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

Sheldon · Phoenix 2026 · Open Men1:21:41
4:104:274:453:075:174:085:125:545:004:484:451:335:145:275:146:286:21
Gary · Phoenix 2026 · Open Men1:21:38
4:544:194:482:275:114:385:144:285:374:285:121:485:154:525:455:507:00
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.Sheldon · Phoenix 2026 · Open Men: 39:37 running, 35:52 at the stations and 6:21 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:28).Below, Gary · Phoenix 2026 · Open Men: 41:56 running, 32:50 at the stations and 7:00 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:50).

See the numbers
Part Sheldon · Phoenix 2026 · Open Men Gary · Phoenix 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:10 4:54
SkiErg 4:27 4:19
Run 2 4:45 4:48
Sled push 3:07 2:27
Run 3 5:17 5:11
Sled pull 4:08 4:38
Run 4 5:12 5:14
Burpee broad jump 5:54 4:28
Run 5 5:00 5:37
Row 4:48 4:28
Run 6 4:45 5:12
Farmers carry 1:33 1:48
Run 7 5:14 5:15
Sandbag lunges 5:27 4:52
Run 8 5:14 5:45
Wall balls 6:28 5:50
Roxzone 6:21 7:00
Finish 1:21:41 1:21:38

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Sheldon Gary Gap
Phoenix 2026 Open Men · 30 Jan 2026 1:21:41 1:21:38 0:03 · Gary faster
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