Mark vs Will

USA USA · Open Men · 5 results

Mark Kern

1:22:24 best Open Men time · Anaheim 2024
128th of 607 place in that race · 607 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 2 results

Will Newell

1:34:55 best Open Men time · Houston 2026
1182nd of 2,230 place in that race · 2,230 Open Men finishers

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

Mark: Anaheim 2024, Open Men · Will: Houston 2026, Open Men

50% top SkiPushPullBBJ
no split
RowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
MarkWilledge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Mark and Will sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Mark: strongest on Ski (faster than 98% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 45%).Will: strongest on Carry (faster than 79% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 4%).

See the numbers
Part Mark: faster than Will: faster than
Ski 98% 68%
Push 92% 75%
Pull 79% 61%
BBJ 45% no split
Row 91% 13%
Carry 62% 79%
Lunges 74% 33%
Wall balls 86% 59%
Roxzone 78% 4%
Runs 73% 43%

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

Part by part

Part Mark Will
SkiErg 98% 68%
Sled push 92% 75%
Sled pull 79% 61%
Burpee broad jump 45% —
Row 91% 13%
Farmers carry 62% 79%
Sandbag lunges 74% 33%
Wall balls 86% 59%
Roxzone (moving) 78% 4%
Runs (8 km) 73% 43%

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

Mark · Anaheim 2024 · Open Men1:22:24
6:504:024:382:214:524:374:566:165:044:314:541:564:534:525:375:117:02
Will · Houston 2026 · Open Men1:34:55
5:114:315:052:478:045:225:305:465:405:061:555:086:246:107:1415:08
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.Mark · Anaheim 2024 · Open Men: 41:44 running, 33:46 at the stations and 7:02 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (6:16).Below, Will · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 46:00 running, 33:53 at the stations and 15:08 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:14).

See the numbers
Part Mark · Anaheim 2024 · Open Men Will · Houston 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 6:50 5:11
SkiErg 4:02 4:31
Run 2 4:38 5:05
Sled push 2:21 2:47
Run 3 4:52 8:04
Sled pull 4:37 5:22
Run 4 4:56 5:30
Burpee broad jump 6:16 —
Run 5 5:04 5:46
Row 4:31 5:40
Run 6 4:54 5:06
Farmers carry 1:56 1:55
Run 7 4:53 5:08
Sandbag lunges 4:52 6:24
Run 8 5:37 6:10
Wall balls 5:11 7:14
Roxzone 7:02 15:08
Finish 1:22:24 1:34:55

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Mark Will Gap
New York 2026 Open Men · 28 May 2026 1:54:04 1:54:04 level
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