Will vs John

USA USA · Open Men · 2 results

Will Newell

1:34:55 best Open Men time · Houston 2026
1182nd of 2,230 place in that race · 2,230 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 2 results

John Braca

1:54:02 best Open Men time · New York 2026
3791st of 4,637 place in that race · 4,637 Open Men finishers

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

Will: Houston 2026, Open Men · John: New York 2026, Open Men

50% top SkiPushPullBBJ
no split
RowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
WillJohnedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Will and John sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Will: strongest on Carry (faster than 79% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 4%).John: strongest on Lunges (faster than 45% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 3%).

See the numbers
Part Will: faster than John: faster than
Ski 68% 15%
Push 75% 3%
Pull 61% 23%
BBJ no split 41%
Row 13% 21%
Carry 79% 5%
Lunges 33% 45%
Wall balls 59% 25%
Roxzone 4% 11%
Runs 43% 18%

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

Part by part

Part Will John
SkiErg 68% 15%
Sled push 75% 3%
Sled pull 61% 23%
Burpee broad jump — 41%
Row 13% 21%
Farmers carry 79% 5%
Sandbag lunges 33% 45%
Wall balls 59% 25%
Roxzone (moving) 4% 11%
Runs (8 km) 43% 18%

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

Will · Houston 2026 · Open Men1:34:55
5:114:315:052:478:045:225:305:465:405:061:555:086:246:107:1415:08
John · New York 2026 · Open Men1:54:02
5:405:036:025:137:005:576:306:126:565:296:403:566:435:5710:139:5410:46
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.Will · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 46:00 running, 33:53 at the stations and 15:08 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:14).Below, John · New York 2026 · Open Men: 55:44 running, 47:41 at the stations and 10:46 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:54).

See the numbers
Part Will · Houston 2026 · Open Men John · New York 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:11 5:40
SkiErg 4:31 5:03
Run 2 5:05 6:02
Sled push 2:47 5:13
Run 3 8:04 7:00
Sled pull 5:22 5:57
Run 4 5:30 6:30
Burpee broad jump — 6:12
Run 5 5:46 6:56
Row 5:40 5:29
Run 6 5:06 6:40
Farmers carry 1:55 3:56
Run 7 5:08 6:43
Sandbag lunges 6:24 5:57
Run 8 6:10 10:13
Wall balls 7:14 9:54
Roxzone 15:08 10:46
Finish 1:34:55 1:54:02

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Will John Gap
New York 2026 Open Men · 28 May 2026 1:54:04 1:54:02 0:02 · John faster
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