Sam vs Jakob
Sam Shepherd
Jakob Cerneka
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Sam: Perth 2026, Open Men · Jakob: Melbourne 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Sam and Jakob sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Sam: strongest on Lunges (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 88%).Jakob: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 93%).
See the numbers
| Part | Sam: faster than | Jakob: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 88% | 93% |
| Push | 96% | 97% |
| Pull | 97% | 99% |
| BBJ | 99% | 99% |
| Row | 99% | 96% |
| Carry | 99% | 97% |
| Lunges | 99% | 99% |
| Wall balls | 99% | 99% |
| Roxzone | 99% | 99% |
| Runs | 99% | 99% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Sam | Jakob |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 88% | 93% |
| Sled push | 96% | 97% |
| Sled pull | 97% | 99% |
| Burpee broad jump | 99% | 99% |
| Row | 99% | 96% |
| Farmers carry | 99% | 97% |
| Sandbag lunges | 99% | 99% |
| Wall balls | 99% | 99% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 99% | 99% |
| Runs (8 km) | 99% | 99% |
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.Sam · Perth 2026 · Open Men: 29:01 running, 23:27 at the stations and 3:15 in the roxzone; the longest station was the SkiErg (4:06).Below, Jakob · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men: 26:26 running, 23:15 at the stations and 5:51 in the roxzone; the longest station was the row (4:15).
See the numbers
| Part | Sam · Perth 2026 · Open Men | Jakob · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 2:53 | 2:00 |
| SkiErg | 4:06 | 4:04 |
| Run 2 | 3:42 | 3:21 |
| Sled push | 2:02 | 1:48 |
| Run 3 | 3:53 | 3:24 |
| Sled pull | 3:03 | 2:43 |
| Run 4 | 3:52 | 3:27 |
| Burpee broad jump | 2:22 | 2:48 |
| Run 5 | 3:54 | 3:30 |
| Row | 4:06 | 4:15 |
| Run 6 | 3:53 | 3:23 |
| Farmers carry | 1:41 | 1:29 |
| Run 7 | 3:33 | 3:25 |
| Sandbag lunges | 2:45 | 2:54 |
| Run 8 | 3:21 | 3:56 |
| Wall balls | 3:22 | 3:14 |
| Roxzone | 3:15 | 5:51 |
| Finish | 55:39 | 55:26 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Sam | Jakob | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perth 2026 Pro Men · 21 Aug 2026 | 58:20 | 58:32 | 0:12 · Sam faster |
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