David vs Aaron

USA USA · Open Men · 3 results

David Ford

1:18:43 best Open Men time · Dallas 2024
170th of 929 place in that race · 929 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 2 results

Aaron Zahn

1:23:48 best Open Men time · Houston 2026
620th of 2,230 place in that race · 2,230 Open Men finishers

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

David: Dallas 2024, Open Men · Aaron: Houston 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where David and Aaron sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.David: strongest on Carry (faster than 97% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 51%).Aaron: strongest on Push (faster than 95% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 16%).

See the numbers
Part David: faster than Aaron: faster than
Ski 51% 16%
Push 63% 95%
Pull 67% 51%
BBJ 86% 68%
Row 84% 53%
Carry 97% 65%
Lunges 76% 75%
Wall balls 82% 85%
Roxzone 74% 71%
Runs 77% 63%

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

Part by part

Part David Aaron
SkiErg 51% 16%
Sled push 63% 95%
Sled pull 67% 51%
Burpee broad jump 86% 68%
Row 84% 53%
Farmers carry 97% 65%
Sandbag lunges 76% 75%
Wall balls 82% 85%
Roxzone (moving) 74% 71%
Runs (8 km) 77% 63%

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

David · Dallas 2024 · Open Men1:18:43
5:124:354:362:544:554:404:543:565:074:385:091:245:044:225:344:576:58
Aaron · Houston 2026 · Open Men1:23:48
5:575:064:282:174:485:415:005:065:304:585:022:055:014:405:385:387:00
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.David · Dallas 2024 · Open Men: 40:32 running, 31:26 at the stations and 6:58 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (4:57).Below, Aaron · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 41:24 running, 35:31 at the stations and 7:00 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sled pull (5:41).

See the numbers
Part David · Dallas 2024 · Open Men Aaron · Houston 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:12 5:57
SkiErg 4:35 5:06
Run 2 4:36 4:28
Sled push 2:54 2:17
Run 3 4:55 4:48
Sled pull 4:40 5:41
Run 4 4:54 5:00
Burpee broad jump 3:56 5:06
Run 5 5:07 5:30
Row 4:38 4:58
Run 6 5:09 5:02
Farmers carry 1:24 2:05
Run 7 5:04 5:01
Sandbag lunges 4:22 4:40
Run 8 5:34 5:38
Wall balls 4:57 5:38
Roxzone 6:58 7:00
Finish 1:18:43 1:23:48

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race David Aaron Gap
Salt Lake City 2026 Open Men · 18 Sep 2026 1:27:21 1:27:22 0:01 · David faster
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