Richard vs Jacob
IRL · Open Men · 4 results Richard Shortt
NZL · Open Men · 1 result Jacob Kershaw-Horua
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Richard: Melbourne 2025, Open Men · Jacob: Auckland 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Richard and Jacob sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Richard: strongest on Push (faster than 68% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 9%).Jacob: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 40% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 6%).
See the numbers
| Part | Richard: faster than | Jacob: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 19% | 40% |
| Push | 68% | 30% |
| Pull | 32% | 18% |
| BBJ | 9% | 7% |
| Row | 16% | 26% |
| Carry | 39% | 16% |
| Lunges | 25% | 9% |
| Wall balls | 30% | 40% |
| Roxzone | 14% | 17% |
| Runs | 17% | 6% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Richard | Jacob |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 19% | 40% |
| Sled push | 68% | 30% |
| Sled pull | 32% | 18% |
| Burpee broad jump | 9% | 7% |
| Row | 16% | 26% |
| Farmers carry | 39% | 16% |
| Sandbag lunges | 25% | 9% |
| Wall balls | 30% | 40% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 14% | 17% |
| Runs (8 km) | 17% | 6% |
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.Richard · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men: 47:00 running, 42:25 at the stations and 12:09 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (8:14).Below, Jacob · Auckland 2026 · Open Men: 1:02:54 running, 48:16 at the stations and 8:09 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (9:29).
See the numbers
| Part | Richard · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men | Jacob · Auckland 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:16 | 6:21 |
| SkiErg | 4:47 | 4:29 |
| Run 2 | 5:31 | 6:15 |
| Sled push | 2:23 | 3:48 |
| Run 3 | 5:49 | 6:55 |
| Sled pull | 5:20 | 6:24 |
| Run 4 | 5:52 | 7:50 |
| Burpee broad jump | 8:14 | 9:29 |
| Run 5 | 5:58 | 8:31 |
| Row | 5:16 | 5:14 |
| Run 6 | 5:56 | 8:41 |
| Farmers carry | 2:14 | 2:31 |
| Run 7 | 5:55 | 7:15 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:22 | 8:46 |
| Run 8 | 8:42 | 11:06 |
| Wall balls | 7:49 | 7:35 |
| Roxzone | 12:09 | 8:09 |
| Finish | 1:41:27 | 1:59:09 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Richard | Jacob | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auckland 2026 Open Men · 29 Jan 2026 | 1:59:16 | 1:59:09 | 0:07 · Jacob faster |
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