Ryan vs Marc

USA USA · Open Men · 2 results

Ryan Merrifield

1:50:48 best Open Men time · Salt Lake City 2026
992nd of 1,296 place in that race · 1,296 Open Men finishers
FRA FRA · Open Men · 4 results

Marc Pholien

1:50:35 best Open Men time · Paris Grand Palais 2026
2352nd of 2,547 place in that race · 2,547 Open Men finishers

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

Ryan: Salt Lake City 2026, Open Men · Marc: Paris Grand Palais 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Ryan and Marc sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Ryan: strongest on Row (faster than 46% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 11%).Marc: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 35% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 1%).

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Part Ryan: faster than Marc: faster than
Ski 11% 18%
Push 16% 19%
Pull 23% 6%
BBJ 26% 20%
Row 46% 27%
Carry 20% 4%
Lunges 24% 10%
Wall balls 19% 1%
Roxzone 16% 35%
Runs 32% 22%

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

Part by part

Part Ryan Marc
SkiErg 11% 18%
Sled push 16% 19%
Sled pull 23% 6%
Burpee broad jump 26% 20%
Row 46% 27%
Farmers carry 20% 4%
Sandbag lunges 24% 10%
Wall balls 19% 1%
Roxzone (moving) 16% 35%
Runs (8 km) 32% 22%

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

Ryan · Salt Lake City 2026 · Open Men1:50:48
3:195:135:434:036:096:016:327:256:245:076:172:376:087:007:5211:2613:39
Marc · Paris Grand Palais 2026 · Open Men1:50:35
5:214:545:023:405:266:165:167:215:385:015:343:535:517:465:3719:468:20
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.Ryan · Salt Lake City 2026 · Open Men: 48:24 running, 48:53 at the stations and 13:39 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (11:26).Below, Marc · Paris Grand Palais 2026 · Open Men: 43:45 running, 58:38 at the stations and 8:20 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (19:46) and the shortest the sled push (3:40).

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Part Ryan · Salt Lake City 2026 · Open Men Marc · Paris Grand Palais 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:19 5:21
SkiErg 5:13 4:54
Run 2 5:43 5:02
Sled push 4:03 3:40
Run 3 6:09 5:26
Sled pull 6:01 6:16
Run 4 6:32 5:16
Burpee broad jump 7:25 7:21
Run 5 6:24 5:38
Row 5:07 5:01
Run 6 6:17 5:34
Farmers carry 2:37 3:53
Run 7 6:08 5:51
Sandbag lunges 7:00 7:46
Run 8 7:52 5:37
Wall balls 11:26 19:46
Roxzone 13:39 8:20
Finish 1:50:48 1:50:35

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Ryan Marc Gap
Salt Lake City 2026 Open Men · 18 Sep 2026 1:50:48 1:50:44 0:04 · Marc faster
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