Will vs Mark

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 · 5 results

Mark Kern

1:22:24 best Open Men time · Anaheim 2024
128th of 607 place in that race · 607 Open Men finishers

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

Will: Houston 2026, Open Men · Mark: Anaheim 2024, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Will and Mark 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%).Mark: strongest on Ski (faster than 98% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 45%).

See the numbers
Part Will: faster than Mark: faster than
Ski 68% 98%
Push 75% 92%
Pull 61% 79%
BBJ no split 45%
Row 13% 91%
Carry 79% 62%
Lunges 33% 74%
Wall balls 59% 86%
Roxzone 4% 78%
Runs 43% 73%

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

Part by part

Part Will Mark
SkiErg 68% 98%
Sled push 75% 92%
Sled pull 61% 79%
Burpee broad jump — 45%
Row 13% 91%
Farmers carry 79% 62%
Sandbag lunges 33% 74%
Wall balls 59% 86%
Roxzone (moving) 4% 78%
Runs (8 km) 43% 73%

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
Mark · Anaheim 2024 · Open Men1:22:24
6:504:024:382:214:524:374:566:165:044:314:541:564:534:525:375:117:02
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, Mark · Anaheim 2024 · Open Men: 41:44 running, 33:46 at the stations and 7:02 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (6:16).

See the numbers
Part Will · Houston 2026 · Open Men Mark · Anaheim 2024 · Open Men
Run 1 5:11 6:50
SkiErg 4:31 4:02
Run 2 5:05 4:38
Sled push 2:47 2:21
Run 3 8:04 4:52
Sled pull 5:22 4:37
Run 4 5:30 4:56
Burpee broad jump — 6:16
Run 5 5:46 5:04
Row 5:40 4:31
Run 6 5:06 4:54
Farmers carry 1:55 1:56
Run 7 5:08 4:53
Sandbag lunges 6:24 4:52
Run 8 6:10 5:37
Wall balls 7:14 5:11
Roxzone 15:08 7:02
Finish 1:34:55 1:22:24

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Will Mark Gap
New York 2026 Open Men · 28 May 2026 1:54:04 1:54:04 level
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