Brian vs Chris
Brian Schmidt
Chris Jenkins
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Brian: New York 2025, Open Men · Chris: Houston 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Brian and Chris sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Brian: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 73% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 9%).Chris: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 53% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 17%).
See the numbers
| Part | Brian: faster than | Chris: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 42% | 17% |
| Push | 38% | 31% |
| Pull | 9% | 43% |
| BBJ | 33% | 20% |
| Row | 49% | 34% |
| Carry | 18% | 33% |
| Lunges | 56% | 29% |
| Wall balls | 73% | 34% |
| Roxzone | 40% | 53% |
| Runs | 20% | 44% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Brian | Chris |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 42% | 17% |
| Sled push | 38% | 31% |
| Sled pull | 9% | 43% |
| Burpee broad jump | 33% | 20% |
| Row | 49% | 34% |
| Farmers carry | 18% | 33% |
| Sandbag lunges | 56% | 29% |
| Wall balls | 73% | 34% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 40% | 53% |
| Runs (8 km) | 20% | 44% |
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.Brian · New York 2025 · Open Men: 54:22 running, 38:03 at the stations and 6:22 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (6:16) and the shortest the sled push (2:39).Below, Chris · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 45:50 running, 45:58 at the stations and 8:09 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:03).
See the numbers
| Part | Brian · New York 2025 · Open Men | Chris · Houston 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 6:18 | 5:47 |
| SkiErg | 4:37 | 5:04 |
| Run 2 | 6:37 | 5:16 |
| Sled push | 2:39 | 3:43 |
| Run 3 | 6:33 | 5:40 |
| Sled pull | 5:43 | 5:57 |
| Run 4 | 6:27 | 5:46 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:16 | 7:51 |
| Run 5 | 6:40 | 5:53 |
| Row | 4:53 | 5:13 |
| Run 6 | 6:32 | 5:40 |
| Farmers carry | 2:59 | 2:29 |
| Run 7 | 6:34 | 5:47 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:09 | 6:37 |
| Run 8 | 8:40 | 6:01 |
| Wall balls | 5:47 | 9:03 |
| Roxzone | 6:22 | 8:09 |
| Finish | 1:38:39 | 1:39:50 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Brian | Chris | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston 2026 Open Men · 26 Mar 2026 | 1:39:48 | 1:39:50 | 0:02 · Brian faster |
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