Karen vs Shannon
COL · Open Women · 4 results Karen Alvarez
USA · Open Women · 2 results Shannon Barber
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Karen: Boston 2025, Open Women · Shannon: Boston 2025, Open Women
This chart shows where Karen and Shannon sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Karen: strongest on Lunges (faster than 36% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 3%).Shannon: strongest on Carry (faster than 58% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 8%).
See the numbers
| Part | Karen: faster than | Shannon: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 34% | 39% |
| Push | 12% | 57% |
| Pull | 3% | 26% |
| BBJ | 9% | 8% |
| Row | 23% | 42% |
| Carry | 34% | 58% |
| Lunges | 36% | 17% |
| Wall balls | 25% | 12% |
| Roxzone | 10% | 28% |
| Runs | 23% | 16% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Karen | Shannon |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 34% | 39% |
| Sled push | 12% | 57% |
| Sled pull | 3% | 26% |
| Burpee broad jump | 9% | 8% |
| Row | 23% | 42% |
| Farmers carry | 34% | 58% |
| Sandbag lunges | 36% | 17% |
| Wall balls | 25% | 12% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 10% | 28% |
| Runs (8 km) | 23% | 16% |
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
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.Karen · Boston 2025 · Open Women: 54:22 running, 52:04 at the stations and 10:12 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (10:33).Below, Shannon · Boston 2025 · Open Women: 57:01 running, 51:19 at the stations and 8:14 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (10:58).
See the numbers
| Part | Karen · Boston 2025 · Open Women | Shannon · Boston 2025 · Open Women |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 7:47 | 8:22 |
| SkiErg | 5:28 | 5:24 |
| Run 2 | 6:19 | 7:03 |
| Sled push | 3:19 | 2:28 |
| Run 3 | 6:24 | 7:14 |
| Sled pull | 9:52 | 7:09 |
| Run 4 | 6:25 | 6:39 |
| Burpee broad jump | 10:33 | 10:58 |
| Run 5 | 6:47 | 6:50 |
| Row | 5:51 | 5:34 |
| Run 6 | 6:46 | 6:46 |
| Farmers carry | 2:20 | 2:06 |
| Run 7 | 6:43 | 6:42 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:34 | 6:42 |
| Run 8 | 7:11 | 7:25 |
| Wall balls | 9:06 | 10:57 |
| Roxzone | 10:12 | 8:14 |
| Finish | 1:56:29 | 1:56:26 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Karen | Shannon | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston 2025 Open Women · 26 Sep 2025 | 1:56:29 | 1:56:26 | 0:03 · Shannon faster |
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