Derrick vs James

USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Derrick Alexander

1:53:22 best Open Men time · Houston 2026
1786th of 2,230 place in that race · 2,230 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 2 results

James Cain

1:53:20 best Open Men time · Houston 2026
1785th of 2,230 place in that race · 2,230 Open Men finishers

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

Derrick: Houston 2026, Open Men · James: Houston 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Derrick and James sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Derrick: strongest on Pull (faster than 80% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 8%).James: strongest on Lunges (faster than 77% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 1%).

See the numbers
Part Derrick: faster than James: faster than
Ski 49% 1%
Push 65% 64%
Pull 80% 30%
BBJ 8% 36%
Row 17% 13%
Carry 34% 34%
Lunges 26% 77%
Wall balls 22% 28%
Roxzone 36% 13%
Runs 14% 15%

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

Part by part

Part Derrick James
SkiErg 49% 1%
Sled push 65% 64%
Sled pull 80% 30%
Burpee broad jump 8% 36%
Row 17% 13%
Farmers carry 34% 34%
Sandbag lunges 26% 77%
Wall balls 22% 28%
Roxzone (moving) 36% 13%
Runs (8 km) 14% 15%

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

Derrick · Houston 2026 · Open Men1:53:22
6:394:416:112:586:254:456:459:347:205:337:392:287:546:498:0710:289:17
James · Houston 2026 · Open Men1:53:20
6:355:596:102:597:066:307:016:357:105:396:232:286:474:349:369:4612:10
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.Derrick · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 57:00 running, 47:17 at the stations and 9:17 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:28).Below, James · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 56:48 running, 44:30 at the stations and 12:10 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:46).

See the numbers
Part Derrick · Houston 2026 · Open Men James · Houston 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 6:39 6:35
SkiErg 4:41 5:59
Run 2 6:11 6:10
Sled push 2:58 2:59
Run 3 6:25 7:06
Sled pull 4:45 6:30
Run 4 6:45 7:01
Burpee broad jump 9:34 6:35
Run 5 7:20 7:10
Row 5:33 5:39
Run 6 7:39 6:23
Farmers carry 2:28 2:28
Run 7 7:54 6:47
Sandbag lunges 6:49 4:34
Run 8 8:07 9:36
Wall balls 10:28 9:46
Roxzone 9:17 12:10
Finish 1:53:22 1:53:20

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Derrick James Gap
Houston 2026 Open Men · 26 Mar 2026 1:53:22 1:53:20 0:02 · James faster
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