Jacob vs Tom

USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Jacob Elson

1:42:35 best Open Men time · Washington DC 2026
1940th of 2,855 place in that race · 2,855 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Tom Kowalsky

1:42:35 best Open Men time · Washington DC 2026
1941st of 2,855 place in that race · 2,855 Open Men finishers

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

Jacob: Washington DC 2026, Open Men · Tom: Washington DC 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Jacob and Tom sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Jacob: strongest on Carry (faster than 58% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 25%).Tom: strongest on Ski (faster than 85% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 5%).

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Part Jacob: faster than Tom: faster than
Ski 44% 85%
Push 31% 36%
Pull 31% 39%
BBJ 48% 58%
Row 36% 64%
Carry 58% 45%
Lunges 47% 5%
Wall balls 36% 60%
Roxzone 25% 12%
Runs 26% 37%

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

Part by part

Part Jacob Tom
SkiErg 44% 85%
Sled push 31% 36%
Sled pull 31% 39%
Burpee broad jump 48% 58%
Row 36% 64%
Farmers carry 58% 45%
Sandbag lunges 47% 5%
Wall balls 36% 60%
Roxzone (moving) 25% 12%
Runs (8 km) 26% 37%

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

Jacob · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men1:42:35
4:404:486:133:356:295:436:396:056:415:166:202:036:125:526:069:0910:51
Tom · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men1:42:35
4:534:235:573:276:325:236:235:396:044:535:422:115:4210:315:187:0912:35
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.Jacob · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men: 49:20 running, 42:31 at the stations and 10:51 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:09).Below, Tom · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men: 46:31 running, 43:35 at the stations and 12:35 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (10:31).

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Part Jacob · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men Tom · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:40 4:53
SkiErg 4:48 4:23
Run 2 6:13 5:57
Sled push 3:35 3:27
Run 3 6:29 6:32
Sled pull 5:43 5:23
Run 4 6:39 6:23
Burpee broad jump 6:05 5:39
Run 5 6:41 6:04
Row 5:16 4:53
Run 6 6:20 5:42
Farmers carry 2:03 2:11
Run 7 6:12 5:42
Sandbag lunges 5:52 10:31
Run 8 6:06 5:18
Wall balls 9:09 7:09
Roxzone 10:51 12:35
Finish 1:42:35 1:42:35

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Jacob Tom Gap
Washington DC 2026 Open Men · 3 Sep 2026 1:42:35 1:42:35 level
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