Steven vs Ben

USA USA · Open Men · 3 results

Steven Defontes

1:27:42 best Open Men time · Washington DC 2026
1103rd of 2,855 place in that race · 2,855 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Ben Christner

1:27:43 best Open Men time · Washington DC 2026
1105th of 2,855 place in that race · 2,855 Open Men finishers

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

Steven: Washington DC 2026, Open Men · Ben: Washington DC 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Steven and Ben sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Steven: strongest on Row (faster than 84% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 27%).Ben: strongest on Carry (faster than 92% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 6%).

See the numbers
Part Steven: faster than Ben: faster than
Ski 54% 47%
Push 57% 70%
Pull 63% 69%
BBJ 51% 34%
Row 84% 6%
Carry 51% 92%
Lunges 27% 69%
Wall balls 63% 37%
Roxzone 62% 78%
Runs 61% 65%

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

Part by part

Part Steven Ben
SkiErg 54% 47%
Sled push 57% 70%
Sled pull 63% 69%
Burpee broad jump 51% 34%
Row 84% 6%
Farmers carry 51% 92%
Sandbag lunges 27% 69%
Wall balls 63% 37%
Roxzone (moving) 62% 78%
Runs (8 km) 61% 65%

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

Steven · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men1:27:42
3:374:425:033:015:524:395:265:565:164:385:292:075:276:524:557:007:50
Ben · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men1:27:43
3:444:464:422:485:274:285:486:555:446:085:361:365:185:004:029:016:48
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.Steven · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men: 41:05 running, 38:55 at the stations and 7:50 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:00).Below, Ben · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men: 40:20 running, 40:43 at the stations and 6:48 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:01).

See the numbers
Part Steven · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men Ben · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:37 3:44
SkiErg 4:42 4:46
Run 2 5:03 4:42
Sled push 3:01 2:48
Run 3 5:52 5:27
Sled pull 4:39 4:28
Run 4 5:26 5:48
Burpee broad jump 5:56 6:55
Run 5 5:16 5:44
Row 4:38 6:08
Run 6 5:29 5:36
Farmers carry 2:07 1:36
Run 7 5:27 5:18
Sandbag lunges 6:52 5:00
Run 8 4:55 4:02
Wall balls 7:00 9:01
Roxzone 7:50 6:48
Finish 1:27:42 1:27:43

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Steven Ben Gap
Washington DC 2026 Open Men · 3 Sep 2026 1:27:42 1:27:43 0:01 · Steven faster
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