Paul vs Nathaniel

USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Paul Akers

2:36:08 best Open Men time · Washington DC 2026
2805th of 2,855 place in that race · 2,855 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Nathaniel Benjamin

2:35:40 best Open Men time · Washington DC 2026
2804th of 2,855 place in that race · 2,855 Open Men finishers

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

Paul: Washington DC 2026, Open Men · Nathaniel: Washington DC 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Paul and Nathaniel sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Paul: strongest on Lunges (faster than 14% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 0%).Nathaniel: strongest on Carry (faster than 10% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 1%).

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Part Paul: faster than Nathaniel: faster than
Ski 1% 1%
Push 5% 1%
Pull 4% 2%
BBJ 7% 2%
Row 7% 1%
Carry 3% 10%
Lunges 14% 3%
Wall balls 0% 3%
Roxzone 2% 3%
Runs 5% 3%

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

Part by part

Part Paul Nathaniel
SkiErg 1% 1%
Sled push 5% 1%
Sled pull 4% 2%
Burpee broad jump 7% 2%
Row 7% 1%
Farmers carry 3% 10%
Sandbag lunges 14% 3%
Wall balls 0% 3%
Roxzone (moving) 2% 3%
Runs (8 km) 5% 3%

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

Paul · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men2:36:08
5:285:597:064:5210:558:128:1110:127:436:027:353:377:498:038:0130:0316:28
Nathaniel · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men2:35:40
9:076:116:216:206:589:107:1712:547:396:557:402:556:5511:5714:1717:4615:27
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.Paul · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men: 1:02:49 running, 1:17:00 at the stations and 16:28 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (30:03).Below, Nathaniel · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men: 1:06:14 running, 1:14:08 at the stations and 15:27 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (17:46).

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Part Paul · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men Nathaniel · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:28 9:07
SkiErg 5:59 6:11
Run 2 7:06 6:21
Sled push 4:52 6:20
Run 3 10:55 6:58
Sled pull 8:12 9:10
Run 4 8:11 7:17
Burpee broad jump 10:12 12:54
Run 5 7:43 7:39
Row 6:02 6:55
Run 6 7:35 7:40
Farmers carry 3:37 2:55
Run 7 7:49 6:55
Sandbag lunges 8:03 11:57
Run 8 8:01 14:17
Wall balls 30:03 17:46
Roxzone 16:28 15:27
Finish 2:36:08 2:35:40

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Paul Nathaniel Gap
Washington DC 2026 Open Men · 3 Sep 2026 2:36:08 2:35:40 0:28 · Nathaniel faster
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