Benjamin vs Joe

USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Benjamin Merrick

1:28:14 best Open Men time · Boston 2026
743rd of 1,900 place in that race · 1,900 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 3 results

Joe Ames

1:26:43 best Open Men time · New York 2026
1720th of 4,637 place in that race · 4,637 Open Men finishers

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

Benjamin: Boston 2026, Open Men · Joe: New York 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Benjamin and Joe sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Benjamin: strongest on Pull (faster than 88% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 44%).Joe: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 89% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 34%).

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Part Benjamin: faster than Joe: faster than
Ski 46% 60%
Push 83% 34%
Pull 88% 59%
BBJ 44% 69%
Row 59% 55%
Carry 68% 37%
Lunges 73% 66%
Wall balls 61% 89%
Roxzone 63% 54%
Runs 47% 53%

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

Part by part

Part Benjamin Joe
SkiErg 46% 60%
Sled push 83% 34%
Sled pull 88% 59%
Burpee broad jump 44% 69%
Row 59% 55%
Farmers carry 68% 37%
Sandbag lunges 73% 66%
Wall balls 61% 89%
Roxzone (moving) 63% 54%
Runs (8 km) 47% 53%

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

Benjamin · Boston 2026 · Open Men1:28:14
4:304:415:172:595:434:075:526:215:524:535:402:035:434:466:286:506:36
Joe · New York 2026 · Open Men1:26:43
5:114:314:513:275:224:405:214:576:004:565:192:385:235:107:035:156:48
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.Benjamin · Boston 2026 · Open Men: 45:06 running, 36:40 at the stations and 6:36 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:50).Below, Joe · New York 2026 · Open Men: 44:30 running, 35:34 at the stations and 6:48 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:15).

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Part Benjamin · Boston 2026 · Open Men Joe · New York 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:30 5:11
SkiErg 4:41 4:31
Run 2 5:17 4:51
Sled push 2:59 3:27
Run 3 5:43 5:22
Sled pull 4:07 4:40
Run 4 5:52 5:21
Burpee broad jump 6:21 4:57
Run 5 5:52 6:00
Row 4:53 4:56
Run 6 5:40 5:19
Farmers carry 2:03 2:38
Run 7 5:43 5:23
Sandbag lunges 4:46 5:10
Run 8 6:28 7:03
Wall balls 6:50 5:15
Roxzone 6:36 6:48
Finish 1:28:14 1:26:43

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Benjamin Joe Gap
Boston 2026 Open Men · 8 Oct 2026 1:28:14 1:28:11 0:03 · Joe faster
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