Zach vs Phil

USA USA · Open Men · 2 results

Zach Smargon

2:16:18 best Open Men time · Boston 2026
1822nd of 1,900 place in that race · 1,900 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Phil Batalion

2:16:15 best Open Men time · Boston 2026
1821st of 1,900 place in that race · 1,900 Open Men finishers

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

Zach: Boston 2026, Open Men · Phil: Boston 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Zach and Phil sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Zach: strongest on Push (faster than 14% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 2%).Phil: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 81% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 1%).

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Part Zach: faster than Phil: faster than
Ski 6% 23%
Push 14% 41%
Pull 4% 15%
BBJ 3% 29%
Row 3% 24%
Carry 2% 11%
Lunges 3% 15%
Wall balls 5% 81%
Roxzone 12% 14%
Runs 8% 1%

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

Part by part

Part Zach Phil
SkiErg 6% 23%
Sled push 14% 41%
Sled pull 4% 15%
Burpee broad jump 3% 29%
Row 3% 24%
Farmers carry 2% 11%
Sandbag lunges 3% 15%
Wall balls 5% 81%
Roxzone (moving) 12% 14%
Runs (8 km) 8% 1%

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

Zach · Boston 2026 · Open Men2:16:18
4:515:195:595:136:278:216:4611:597:566:077:363:567:5510:4111:4814:3810:55
Phil · Boston 2026 · Open Men2:16:15
7:384:569:183:599:396:549:357:1110:255:2010:073:0510:017:4314:225:3410:36
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.Zach · Boston 2026 · Open Men: 59:18 running, 1:06:14 at the stations and 10:55 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (14:38).Below, Phil · Boston 2026 · Open Men: 1:21:05 running, 44:41 at the stations and 10:36 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (7:43).

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Part Zach · Boston 2026 · Open Men Phil · Boston 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:51 7:38
SkiErg 5:19 4:56
Run 2 5:59 9:18
Sled push 5:13 3:59
Run 3 6:27 9:39
Sled pull 8:21 6:54
Run 4 6:46 9:35
Burpee broad jump 11:59 7:11
Run 5 7:56 10:25
Row 6:07 5:20
Run 6 7:36 10:07
Farmers carry 3:56 3:05
Run 7 7:55 10:01
Sandbag lunges 10:41 7:43
Run 8 11:48 14:22
Wall balls 14:38 5:34
Roxzone 10:55 10:36
Finish 2:16:18 2:16:15

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Zach Phil Gap
Boston 2026 Open Men · 8 Oct 2026 2:16:18 2:16:15 0:03 · Phil faster
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