Eric vs Vala

CAN CAN · Open Men · 7 results

Eric Yau

1:33:07 best Open Men time · Washington DC 2026
1429th of 2,855 place in that race · 2,855 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 3 results

Vala Shokrani

1:29:50 best Open Men time · tampa Tamp
868th of 2,092 place in that race · 2,092 Open Men finishers

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

Eric: Washington DC 2026, Open Men · Vala: tampa Tamp, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Eric and Vala sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Eric: strongest on BBJ (faster than 72% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 4%).Vala: strongest on BBJ (faster than 95% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 12%).

See the numbers
Part Eric: faster than Vala: faster than
Ski 37% 70%
Push 36% 44%
Pull 19% 62%
BBJ 72% 95%
Row 53% 86%
Carry 4% 58%
Lunges 39% 56%
Wall balls 67% 12%
Roxzone 71% 81%
Runs 44% 56%

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

Part by part

Part Eric Vala
SkiErg 37% 70%
Sled push 36% 44%
Sled pull 19% 62%
Burpee broad jump 72% 95%
Row 53% 86%
Farmers carry 4% 58%
Sandbag lunges 39% 56%
Wall balls 67% 12%
Roxzone (moving) 71% 81%
Runs (8 km) 44% 56%

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

Eric · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men1:33:07
4:214:535:203:275:216:235:244:585:355:015:403:238:086:145:046:457:17
Vala · tampa Tamp · Open Men1:29:50
4:313:074:425:103:375:474:355:132:105:425:205:3311:536:24
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.Eric · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men: 44:53 running, 41:04 at the stations and 7:17 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:45).Below, Vala · tampa Tamp · Open Men: 27:25 running, 39:55 at the stations and 6:24 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (11:53).

See the numbers
Part Eric · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men Vala · tampa Tamp · Open Men
Run 1 4:21 —
SkiErg 4:53 4:31
Run 2 5:20 —
Sled push 3:27 3:07
Run 3 5:21 —
Sled pull 6:23 4:42
Run 4 5:24 5:10
Burpee broad jump 4:58 3:37
Run 5 5:35 5:47
Row 5:01 4:35
Run 6 5:40 5:13
Farmers carry 3:23 2:10
Run 7 8:08 5:42
Sandbag lunges 6:14 5:20
Run 8 5:04 5:33
Wall balls 6:45 11:53
Roxzone 7:17 6:24
Finish 1:33:07 1:29:50

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Eric Vala Gap
Washington DC 2026 Open Men · 3 Sep 2026 1:33:07 1:33:08 0:01 · Eric faster
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