James vs Gerald

USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

James McElyea

1:53:01 best Open Men time · Washington DC 2026
811th of 940 place in that race · 940 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 4 results

Gerald Cruz

1:45:47 best Open Men time · Washington DC 2025
1250th of 1,544 place in that race · 1,544 Open Men finishers

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

James: Washington DC 2026, Open Men · Gerald: Washington DC 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where James and Gerald sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.James: strongest on Lunges (faster than 41% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 4%).Gerald: strongest on Carry (faster than 83% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 3%).

See the numbers
Part James: faster than Gerald: faster than
Ski 4% 30%
Push 38% 3%
Pull 15% 7%
BBJ 6% 12%
Row 13% 8%
Carry 19% 83%
Lunges 41% 28%
Wall balls 18% 69%
Roxzone 8% 8%
Runs 17% 11%

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

Part by part

Part James Gerald
SkiErg 4% 30%
Sled push 38% 3%
Sled pull 15% 7%
Burpee broad jump 6% 12%
Row 13% 8%
Farmers carry 19% 83%
Sandbag lunges 41% 28%
Wall balls 18% 69%
Roxzone (moving) 8% 8%
Runs (8 km) 17% 11%

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

James · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men1:53:01
7:485:245:323:196:246:596:4210:236:395:306:042:436:175:446:1010:0711:25
Gerald · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men1:52:44
6:324:445:445:417:498:037:538:457:195:396:531:436:216:275:586:0011:22
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.James · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men: 51:36 running, 50:09 at the stations and 11:25 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (10:23).Below, Gerald · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men: 54:29 running, 47:02 at the stations and 11:22 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (8:45).

See the numbers
Part James · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men Gerald · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 7:48 6:32
SkiErg 5:24 4:44
Run 2 5:32 5:44
Sled push 3:19 5:41
Run 3 6:24 7:49
Sled pull 6:59 8:03
Run 4 6:42 7:53
Burpee broad jump 10:23 8:45
Run 5 6:39 7:19
Row 5:30 5:39
Run 6 6:04 6:53
Farmers carry 2:43 1:43
Run 7 6:17 6:21
Sandbag lunges 5:44 6:27
Run 8 6:10 5:58
Wall balls 10:07 6:00
Roxzone 11:25 11:22
Finish 1:53:01 1:52:44

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race James Gerald Gap
Washington DC 2026 Open Men · 7 Mar 2026 1:53:01 1:52:44 0:17 · Gerald faster
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