Paden vs Thomas

CAN CAN · Open Men · 2 results

Paden Powell

1:37:30 best Open Men time · Houston 2026
1283rd of 2,230 place in that race · 2,230 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 3 results

Thomas Palacio

1:37:30 best Open Men time · Houston 2026
1282nd of 2,230 place in that race · 2,230 Open Men finishers

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

Paden: Houston 2026, Open Men · Thomas: Houston 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Paden and Thomas sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Paden: strongest on Ski (faster than 94% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 16%).Thomas: strongest on Carry (faster than 91% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 23%).

See the numbers
Part Paden: faster than Thomas: faster than
Ski 94% 81%
Push 82% 39%
Pull 75% 83%
BBJ 16% 70%
Row 78% 61%
Carry 91% 91%
Lunges 55% 23%
Wall balls 53% 70%
Roxzone 57% 33%
Runs 28% 27%

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

Part by part

Part Paden Thomas
SkiErg 94% 81%
Sled push 82% 39%
Sled pull 75% 83%
Burpee broad jump 16% 70%
Row 78% 61%
Farmers carry 91% 91%
Sandbag lunges 55% 23%
Wall balls 53% 70%
Roxzone (moving) 57% 33%
Runs (8 km) 28% 27%

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

Paden · Houston 2026 · Open Men1:37:30
6:064:145:562:386:184:556:148:176:354:426:141:436:125:286:397:357:53
Thomas · Houston 2026 · Open Men1:37:30
5:384:245:433:285:424:375:585:046:284:537:101:436:497:006:566:329:33
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.Paden · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 50:13 running, 39:32 at the stations and 7:53 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (8:17).Below, Thomas · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 50:25 running, 37:41 at the stations and 9:33 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (7:00).

See the numbers
Part Paden · Houston 2026 · Open Men Thomas · Houston 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 6:06 5:38
SkiErg 4:14 4:24
Run 2 5:56 5:43
Sled push 2:38 3:28
Run 3 6:18 5:42
Sled pull 4:55 4:37
Run 4 6:14 5:58
Burpee broad jump 8:17 5:04
Run 5 6:35 6:28
Row 4:42 4:53
Run 6 6:14 7:10
Farmers carry 1:43 1:43
Run 7 6:12 6:49
Sandbag lunges 5:28 7:00
Run 8 6:39 6:56
Wall balls 7:35 6:32
Roxzone 7:53 9:33
Finish 1:37:30 1:37:30

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Paden Thomas Gap
Houston 2026 Open Men · 26 Mar 2026 1:37:30 1:37:30 level
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