Stephen vs Ayush
Stephen Paolini
Ayush Shah
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Stephen: New York 2025, Open Men · Ayush: New York 2026, Open Men
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This chart shows where Stephen and Ayush sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Stephen: strongest on Carry (faster than 45% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 2%).Ayush: strongest on Carry (faster than 42% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 0%).
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| Part | Stephen: faster than | Ayush: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 2% | 4% |
| Push | 21% | 1% |
| Pull | 2% | 1% |
| BBJ | 6% | 6% |
| Row | 13% | 0% |
| Carry | 45% | 42% |
| Lunges | 20% | 16% |
| Wall balls | 11% | 11% |
| Roxzone | no split | 3% |
| Runs | no split | 10% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Stephen | Ayush |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 2% | 4% |
| Sled push | 21% | 1% |
| Sled pull | 2% | 1% |
| Burpee broad jump | 6% | 6% |
| Row | 13% | 0% |
| Farmers carry | 45% | 42% |
| Sandbag lunges | 20% | 16% |
| Wall balls | 11% | 11% |
| Roxzone (moving) | — | 3% |
| Runs (8 km) | — | 10% |
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.Stephen · New York 2025 · Open Men: 5:22 running and 50:05 at the stations; the longest station was the wall balls (10:44).Below, Ayush · New York 2026 · Open Men: 1:02:21 running, 1:05:03 at the stations and 14:23 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (12:41).
See the numbers
| Part | Stephen · New York 2025 · Open Men | Ayush · New York 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:22 | 6:00 |
| SkiErg | 5:33 | 5:31 |
| Run 2 | — | 7:12 |
| Sled push | 3:02 | 6:50 |
| Run 3 | — | 7:36 |
| Sled pull | 7:09 | 9:30 |
| Run 4 | — | 7:34 |
| Burpee broad jump | 8:53 | 10:04 |
| Run 5 | — | 7:55 |
| Row | 5:31 | 10:09 |
| Run 6 | — | 7:29 |
| Farmers carry | 2:26 | 2:32 |
| Run 7 | — | 7:33 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:48 | 7:46 |
| Run 8 | — | 11:02 |
| Wall balls | 10:44 | 12:41 |
| Roxzone | — | 14:23 |
| Finish | 1:53:43 | 2:21:39 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Stephen | Ayush | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York 2026 Open Men · 28 May 2026 | 2:21:54 | 2:21:39 | 0:15 · Ayush faster |
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