Heath vs Ariel
Heath Ward
Ariel Mercado
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Heath: Boston 2025, Open Men · Ariel: Atlanta 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Heath and Ariel sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Heath: strongest on Ski (faster than 65% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 3%).Ariel: strongest on Ski (faster than 91% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 9%).
See the numbers
| Part | Heath: faster than | Ariel: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 65% | 91% |
| Push | 31% | 21% |
| Pull | 36% | 58% |
| BBJ | 17% | 65% |
| Row | 56% | 42% |
| Carry | 29% | 26% |
| Lunges | 15% | 9% |
| Wall balls | 3% | 56% |
| Roxzone | 41% | 33% |
| Runs | 25% | 22% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Heath | Ariel |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 65% | 91% |
| Sled push | 31% | 21% |
| Sled pull | 36% | 58% |
| Burpee broad jump | 17% | 65% |
| Row | 56% | 42% |
| Farmers carry | 29% | 26% |
| Sandbag lunges | 15% | 9% |
| Wall balls | 3% | 56% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 41% | 33% |
| Runs (8 km) | 25% | 22% |
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.Heath · Boston 2025 · Open Men: 49:03 running, 53:31 at the stations and 7:12 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (18:34).Below, Ariel · Atlanta 2025 · Open Men: 50:22 running, 41:01 at the stations and 10:16 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (8:29).
See the numbers
| Part | Heath · Boston 2025 · Open Men | Ariel · Atlanta 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 6:20 | 5:00 |
| SkiErg | 4:28 | 4:23 |
| Run 2 | 5:29 | 5:31 |
| Sled push | 2:57 | 3:43 |
| Run 3 | 5:44 | 6:00 |
| Sled pull | 5:43 | 5:05 |
| Run 4 | 5:57 | 6:16 |
| Burpee broad jump | 7:33 | 5:05 |
| Run 5 | 6:14 | 6:32 |
| Row | 4:51 | 5:04 |
| Run 6 | 6:15 | 6:30 |
| Farmers carry | 2:23 | 2:26 |
| Run 7 | 6:05 | 6:45 |
| Sandbag lunges | 7:01 | 8:29 |
| Run 8 | 7:00 | 7:48 |
| Wall balls | 18:34 | 6:46 |
| Roxzone | 7:12 | 10:16 |
| Finish | 1:49:37 | 1:41:31 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Heath | Ariel | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston 2025 Open Men · 26 Sep 2025 | 1:49:37 | 1:49:35 | 0:02 · Ariel faster |
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