Dawson vs Gene

USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Dawson Nielson

2:02:18 best Open Men time · Salt Lake City 2026
1131st of 1,296 place in that race · 1,296 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Gene Smith

2:02:28 best Open Men time · Salt Lake City 2026
1133rd of 1,296 place in that race · 1,296 Open Men finishers

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

Dawson: Salt Lake City 2026, Open Men · Gene: Salt Lake City 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Dawson and Gene sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Dawson: strongest on Push (faster than 77% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 8%).Gene: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 66% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 1%).

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Part Dawson: faster than Gene: faster than
Ski 25% 19%
Push 77% 12%
Pull 23% 10%
BBJ 8% 5%
Row 16% 22%
Carry 43% 30%
Lunges 21% 1%
Wall balls 14% 1%
Roxzone 24% 66%
Runs 10% 63%

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

Part by part

Part Dawson Gene
SkiErg 25% 19%
Sled push 77% 12%
Sled pull 23% 10%
Burpee broad jump 8% 5%
Row 16% 22%
Farmers carry 43% 30%
Sandbag lunges 21% 1%
Wall balls 14% 1%
Roxzone (moving) 24% 66%
Runs (8 km) 10% 63%

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

Dawson · Salt Lake City 2026 · Open Men2:02:18
3:364:596:132:356:476:016:469:397:035:3813:002:137:417:118:0212:3812:25
Gene · Salt Lake City 2026 · Open Men2:02:28
2:575:034:514:135:016:585:1610:405:155:305:142:236:0115:187:2421:388:54
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.Dawson · Salt Lake City 2026 · Open Men: 59:08 running, 50:53 at the stations and 12:25 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (12:38).Below, Gene · Salt Lake City 2026 · Open Men: 41:59 running, 1:11:43 at the stations and 8:54 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (21:38).

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Part Dawson · Salt Lake City 2026 · Open Men Gene · Salt Lake City 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:36 2:57
SkiErg 4:59 5:03
Run 2 6:13 4:51
Sled push 2:35 4:13
Run 3 6:47 5:01
Sled pull 6:01 6:58
Run 4 6:46 5:16
Burpee broad jump 9:39 10:40
Run 5 7:03 5:15
Row 5:38 5:30
Run 6 13:00 5:14
Farmers carry 2:13 2:23
Run 7 7:41 6:01
Sandbag lunges 7:11 15:18
Run 8 8:02 7:24
Wall balls 12:38 21:38
Roxzone 12:25 8:54
Finish 2:02:18 2:02:28

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Dawson Gene Gap
Salt Lake City 2026 Open Men · 18 Sep 2026 2:02:18 2:02:28 0:10 · Dawson faster
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