Eric vs Jay

USA USA · Open Men · 2 results

Eric Hertlein

2:05:08 best Open Men time · Las Vegas 2026
1578th of 1,736 place in that race · 1,736 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 5 results

Jay Shaffer

1:59:03 best Open Men time · Houston 2026
1900th of 2,230 place in that race · 2,230 Open Men finishers

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

Eric: Las Vegas 2026, Open Men · Jay: Houston 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Eric and Jay sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Eric: strongest on Ski (faster than 33% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 6%).Jay: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 34% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 5%).

See the numbers
Part Eric: faster than Jay: faster than
Ski 33% 20%
Push 15% 10%
Pull 20% 7%
BBJ 10% 11%
Row 19% 18%
Carry 12% 13%
Lunges 6% 5%
Wall balls 11% 5%
Roxzone 17% 34%
Runs 8% 32%

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

Part by part

Part Eric Jay
SkiErg 33% 20%
Sled push 15% 10%
Sled pull 20% 7%
Burpee broad jump 10% 11%
Row 19% 18%
Farmers carry 12% 13%
Sandbag lunges 6% 5%
Wall balls 11% 5%
Roxzone (moving) 17% 34%
Runs (8 km) 8% 32%

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

Eric · Las Vegas 2026 · Open Men2:05:08
4:454:547:344:217:475:587:528:328:045:308:052:527:599:119:0012:1310:41
Jay · Houston 2026 · Open Men1:59:03
5:305:025:484:426:198:376:089:006:015:316:053:035:599:556:5415:069:31
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.Eric · Las Vegas 2026 · Open Men: 1:01:06 running, 53:31 at the stations and 10:41 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (12:13).Below, Jay · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 48:44 running, 1:00:56 at the stations and 9:31 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (15:06).

See the numbers
Part Eric · Las Vegas 2026 · Open Men Jay · Houston 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:45 5:30
SkiErg 4:54 5:02
Run 2 7:34 5:48
Sled push 4:21 4:42
Run 3 7:47 6:19
Sled pull 5:58 8:37
Run 4 7:52 6:08
Burpee broad jump 8:32 9:00
Run 5 8:04 6:01
Row 5:30 5:31
Run 6 8:05 6:05
Farmers carry 2:52 3:03
Run 7 7:59 5:59
Sandbag lunges 9:11 9:55
Run 8 9:00 6:54
Wall balls 12:13 15:06
Roxzone 10:41 9:31
Finish 2:05:08 1:59:03

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Eric Jay Gap
Las Vegas 2026 Open Men · 20 Feb 2026 2:05:08 2:04:35 0:33 · Jay faster
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