Mark vs Will

USA USA · Open Men · 5 results

Mark Palumbo

1:16:23 best Open Men time · Boston 2025
253rd of 1,463 place in that race · 1,463 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Will Silverman

1:28:37 best Open Men time · Boston 2026
761st of 1,900 place in that race · 1,900 Open Men finishers

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

Mark: Boston 2025, Open Men · Will: Boston 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Mark and Will sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Mark: strongest on BBJ (faster than 98% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 38%).Will: strongest on Row (faster than 92% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 43%).

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Part Mark: faster than Will: faster than
Ski 67% 78%
Push 63% 51%
Pull 70% 48%
BBJ 98% 52%
Row 63% 92%
Carry 59% 77%
Lunges 97% 43%
Wall balls 38% 64%
Roxzone 88% 60%
Runs 82% 53%

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

Part by part

Part Mark Will
SkiErg 67% 78%
Sled push 63% 51%
Sled pull 70% 48%
Burpee broad jump 98% 52%
Row 63% 92%
Farmers carry 59% 77%
Sandbag lunges 97% 43%
Wall balls 38% 64%
Roxzone (moving) 88% 60%
Runs (8 km) 82% 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

Mark · Boston 2025 · Open Men1:16:23
5:224:274:132:264:324:424:323:164:534:464:282:014:473:224:578:554:52
Will · Boston 2026 · Open Men1:28:37
4:494:245:213:435:305:195:225:595:224:285:321:575:385:486:066:376:49
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.Mark · Boston 2025 · Open Men: 37:44 running, 33:56 at the stations and 4:52 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:55).Below, Will · Boston 2026 · Open Men: 43:40 running, 38:16 at the stations and 6:49 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:37).

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Part Mark · Boston 2025 · Open Men Will · Boston 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:22 4:49
SkiErg 4:27 4:24
Run 2 4:13 5:21
Sled push 2:26 3:43
Run 3 4:32 5:30
Sled pull 4:42 5:19
Run 4 4:32 5:22
Burpee broad jump 3:16 5:59
Run 5 4:53 5:22
Row 4:46 4:28
Run 6 4:28 5:32
Farmers carry 2:01 1:57
Run 7 4:47 5:38
Sandbag lunges 3:22 5:48
Run 8 4:57 6:06
Wall balls 8:55 6:37
Roxzone 4:52 6:49
Finish 1:16:23 1:28:37

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Mark Will Gap
Boston 2026 Open Men · 8 Oct 2026 1:28:37 1:28:37 level
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