Malik vs Kay

USA USA · Open Men · 5 results

Malik Grove

1:12:32 best Open Men time · New York 2026
361st of 4,637 place in that race · 4,637 Open Men finishers
GER GER · Open Men · 6 results

Kay Brandt

1:12:32 best Open Men time · New York 2026
360th of 4,637 place in that race · 4,637 Open Men finishers

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

Malik: New York 2026, Open Men · Kay: New York 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Malik and Kay sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Malik: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 57%).Kay: strongest on BBJ (faster than 98% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 64%).

See the numbers
Part Malik: faster than Kay: faster than
Ski 74% 86%
Push 57% 94%
Pull 61% 66%
BBJ 80% 98%
Row 84% 93%
Carry 93% 64%
Lunges 93% 92%
Wall balls 99% 87%
Roxzone 87% 90%
Runs 89% 87%

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

Part by part

Part Malik Kay
SkiErg 74% 86%
Sled push 57% 94%
Sled pull 61% 66%
Burpee broad jump 80% 98%
Row 84% 93%
Farmers carry 93% 64%
Sandbag lunges 93% 92%
Wall balls 99% 87%
Roxzone (moving) 87% 90%
Runs (8 km) 89% 87%

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

Malik · New York 2026 · Open Men1:12:32
4:264:234:083:014:354:374:264:274:274:344:311:454:363:525:584:044:50
Kay · New York 2026 · Open Men1:12:32
4:354:154:112:174:354:294:363:054:424:254:412:124:414:005:475:284:39
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.Malik · New York 2026 · Open Men: 37:07 running, 30:44 at the stations and 4:50 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sled pull (4:37).Below, Kay · New York 2026 · Open Men: 37:47 running, 30:11 at the stations and 4:39 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:28).

See the numbers
Part Malik · New York 2026 · Open Men Kay · New York 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:26 4:35
SkiErg 4:23 4:15
Run 2 4:08 4:11
Sled push 3:01 2:17
Run 3 4:35 4:35
Sled pull 4:37 4:29
Run 4 4:26 4:36
Burpee broad jump 4:27 3:05
Run 5 4:27 4:42
Row 4:34 4:25
Run 6 4:31 4:41
Farmers carry 1:45 2:12
Run 7 4:36 4:41
Sandbag lunges 3:52 4:00
Run 8 5:58 5:47
Wall balls 4:04 5:28
Roxzone 4:50 4:39
Finish 1:12:32 1:12:32

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Malik Kay Gap
New York 2026 Open Men · 28 May 2026 1:12:32 1:12:32 level
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