Ariel vs Grant
USA · Open Men · 3 results Ariel Mercado
USA · Open Men · 6 results Grant Hockenbrough
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Ariel: Atlanta 2025, Open Men · Grant: Phoenix 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Ariel and Grant sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Ariel: strongest on Ski (faster than 91% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 9%).Grant: strongest on Runs (faster than 77% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 30%).
See the numbers
| Part | Ariel: faster than | Grant: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 91% | 30% |
| Push | 21% | 51% |
| Pull | 58% | 37% |
| BBJ | 65% | 77% |
| Row | 42% | 47% |
| Carry | 26% | 75% |
| Lunges | 9% | 71% |
| Wall balls | 56% | 63% |
| Roxzone | 33% | 65% |
| Runs | 22% | 77% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Ariel | Grant |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 91% | 30% |
| Sled push | 21% | 51% |
| Sled pull | 58% | 37% |
| Burpee broad jump | 65% | 77% |
| Row | 42% | 47% |
| Farmers carry | 26% | 75% |
| Sandbag lunges | 9% | 71% |
| Wall balls | 56% | 63% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 33% | 65% |
| Runs (8 km) | 22% | 77% |
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
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.Ariel · Atlanta 2025 · Open Men: 50:22 running, 41:01 at the stations and 10:16 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (8:29).Below, Grant · Phoenix 2026 · Open Men: 38:21 running, 34:56 at the stations and 6:16 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:19).
See the numbers
| Part | Ariel · Atlanta 2025 · Open Men | Grant · Phoenix 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:00 | 4:27 |
| SkiErg | 4:23 | 4:41 |
| Run 2 | 5:31 | 4:34 |
| Sled push | 3:43 | 2:55 |
| Run 3 | 6:00 | 4:52 |
| Sled pull | 5:05 | 4:57 |
| Run 4 | 6:16 | 4:52 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:05 | 4:37 |
| Run 5 | 6:32 | 5:10 |
| Row | 5:04 | 5:00 |
| Run 6 | 6:30 | 4:47 |
| Farmers carry | 2:26 | 1:49 |
| Run 7 | 6:45 | 4:43 |
| Sandbag lunges | 8:29 | 4:38 |
| Run 8 | 7:48 | 4:55 |
| Wall balls | 6:46 | 6:19 |
| Roxzone | 10:16 | 6:16 |
| Finish | 1:41:31 | 1:19:23 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Ariel | Grant | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta 2025 Open Men · 31 Oct 2025 | 1:41:31 | 1:41:06 | 0:25 · Grant faster |
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