John vs Jonathan

USA USA · Open Men · 2 results

John Palombi

1:42:53 best Open Men time · Houston 2026
1489th of 2,230 place in that race · 2,230 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 2 results

Jonathan Ellis

1:42:52 best Open Men time · Houston 2026
1488th of 2,230 place in that race · 2,230 Open Men finishers

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

John: Houston 2026, Open Men · Jonathan: Houston 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where John and Jonathan sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.John: strongest on Carry (faster than 77% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 21%).Jonathan: strongest on Ski (faster than 78% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 13%).

See the numbers
Part John: faster than Jonathan: faster than
Ski 24% 78%
Push 26% 20%
Pull 46% 30%
BBJ 23% 24%
Row 72% 31%
Carry 77% 70%
Lunges 43% 13%
Wall balls 21% 23%
Roxzone 68% 53%
Runs 27% 39%

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

Part by part

Part John Jonathan
SkiErg 24% 78%
Sled push 26% 20%
Sled pull 46% 30%
Burpee broad jump 23% 24%
Row 72% 31%
Farmers carry 77% 70%
Sandbag lunges 43% 13%
Wall balls 21% 23%
Roxzone (moving) 68% 53%
Runs (8 km) 27% 39%

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

John · Houston 2026 · Open Men1:42:53
4:384:586:233:546:255:516:267:286:364:466:211:576:335:567:0410:347:12
Jonathan · Houston 2026 · Open Men1:42:52
5:224:255:124:065:286:315:467:226:285:165:562:026:047:526:4010:238:07
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.John · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 50:26 running, 45:25 at the stations and 7:12 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:34).Below, Jonathan · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 46:57 running, 47:58 at the stations and 8:07 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:23).

See the numbers
Part John · Houston 2026 · Open Men Jonathan · Houston 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:38 5:22
SkiErg 4:58 4:25
Run 2 6:23 5:12
Sled push 3:54 4:06
Run 3 6:25 5:28
Sled pull 5:51 6:31
Run 4 6:26 5:46
Burpee broad jump 7:28 7:22
Run 5 6:36 6:28
Row 4:46 5:16
Run 6 6:21 5:56
Farmers carry 1:57 2:02
Run 7 6:33 6:04
Sandbag lunges 5:56 7:52
Run 8 7:04 6:40
Wall balls 10:34 10:23
Roxzone 7:12 8:07
Finish 1:42:53 1:42:52

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race John Jonathan Gap
Houston 2026 Open Men · 26 Mar 2026 1:42:53 1:42:52 0:01 · Jonathan faster
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