Darien vs Karsten
HAI · Open Men · 1 result Darien Samuels
USA · Open Men · 4 results Karsten Ch'Ien
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Darien: New York 2026, Open Men · Karsten: New York 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Darien and Karsten sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Darien: strongest on BBJ (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 43%).Karsten: strongest on BBJ (faster than 96% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 62%).
See the numbers
| Part | Darien: faster than | Karsten: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 84% | 76% |
| Push | 47% | 74% |
| Pull | 86% | 62% |
| BBJ | 99% | 96% |
| Row | 83% | 82% |
| Carry | 43% | 69% |
| Lunges | 74% | 90% |
| Wall balls | 67% | 82% |
| Roxzone | 80% | 88% |
| Runs | 78% | 78% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Darien | Karsten |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 84% | 76% |
| Sled push | 47% | 74% |
| Sled pull | 86% | 62% |
| Burpee broad jump | 99% | 96% |
| Row | 83% | 82% |
| Farmers carry | 43% | 69% |
| Sandbag lunges | 74% | 90% |
| Wall balls | 67% | 82% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 80% | 88% |
| Runs (8 km) | 78% | 78% |
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.Darien · New York 2026 · Open Men: 39:43 running, 32:53 at the stations and 5:15 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:38).Below, Karsten · New York 2025 · Open Men: 37:45 running, 29:30 at the stations and 3:58 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:16).
See the numbers
| Part | Darien · New York 2026 · Open Men | Karsten · New York 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:21 | 4:28 |
| SkiErg | 4:17 | 4:19 |
| Run 2 | 4:33 | 4:16 |
| Sled push | 3:11 | 2:10 |
| Run 3 | 4:47 | 4:25 |
| Sled pull | 3:54 | 3:49 |
| Run 4 | 4:36 | 4:27 |
| Burpee broad jump | 2:57 | 3:18 |
| Run 5 | 4:50 | 4:44 |
| Row | 4:35 | 4:33 |
| Run 6 | 4:43 | 4:38 |
| Farmers carry | 2:30 | 2:06 |
| Run 7 | 5:06 | 4:42 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:52 | 3:58 |
| Run 8 | 6:47 | 6:05 |
| Wall balls | 6:38 | 5:16 |
| Roxzone | 5:15 | 3:58 |
| Finish | 1:17:45 | 1:11:06 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Darien | Karsten | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York 2026 Open Men · 28 May 2026 | 1:17:45 | 1:17:43 | 0:02 · Karsten faster |
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