Adam vs Derek

USA USA · Open Men · 2 results

Adam Normandin

1:20:11 best Open Men time · Boston 2026
393rd of 1,900 place in that race · 1,900 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 3 results

Derek Welch

1:20:08 best Open Men time · Boston 2026
391st of 1,900 place in that race · 1,900 Open Men finishers

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

Adam: Boston 2026, Open Men · Derek: Boston 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Adam and Derek sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Adam: strongest on Ski (faster than 97% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 60%).Derek: strongest on Pull (faster than 88% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 37%).

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Part Adam: faster than Derek: faster than
Ski 97% 54%
Push 90% 69%
Pull 83% 88%
BBJ 60% 78%
Row 75% 68%
Carry 87% 75%
Lunges 76% 73%
Wall balls 81% 77%
Roxzone 69% 37%
Runs 70% 84%

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

Part by part

Part Adam Derek
SkiErg 97% 54%
Sled push 90% 69%
Sled pull 83% 88%
Burpee broad jump 60% 78%
Row 75% 68%
Farmers carry 87% 75%
Sandbag lunges 76% 73%
Wall balls 81% 77%
Roxzone (moving) 69% 37%
Runs (8 km) 70% 84%

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

Adam · Boston 2026 · Open Men1:20:11
3:564:064:502:455:084:185:175:385:244:435:041:485:104:395:405:346:19
Derek · Boston 2026 · Open Men1:20:08
3:364:374:343:185:154:064:564:514:524:484:431:584:364:465:155:518:14
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.Adam · Boston 2026 · Open Men: 40:29 running, 33:31 at the stations and 6:19 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (5:38).Below, Derek · Boston 2026 · Open Men: 37:47 running, 34:16 at the stations and 8:14 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:51).

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Part Adam · Boston 2026 · Open Men Derek · Boston 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:56 3:36
SkiErg 4:06 4:37
Run 2 4:50 4:34
Sled push 2:45 3:18
Run 3 5:08 5:15
Sled pull 4:18 4:06
Run 4 5:17 4:56
Burpee broad jump 5:38 4:51
Run 5 5:24 4:52
Row 4:43 4:48
Run 6 5:04 4:43
Farmers carry 1:48 1:58
Run 7 5:10 4:36
Sandbag lunges 4:39 4:46
Run 8 5:40 5:15
Wall balls 5:34 5:51
Roxzone 6:19 8:14
Finish 1:20:11 1:20:08

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Adam Derek Gap
Boston 2026 Open Men · 8 Oct 2026 1:20:11 1:20:08 0:03 · Derek faster
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