Karen vs Payton
USA · Open Women · 2 results Karen Smith
USA · Open Women · 3 results Payton Porter
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Karen: Atlanta 2025, Open Women · Payton: tampa Tamp, Open Women
This chart shows where Karen and Payton sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Karen: strongest on Carry (faster than 68% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 28%).Payton: strongest on Pull (faster than 82% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 32%).
See the numbers
| Part | Karen: faster than | Payton: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 29% | 51% |
| Push | 35% | 68% |
| Pull | 28% | 82% |
| BBJ | 33% | 32% |
| Row | 53% | 47% |
| Carry | 68% | 81% |
| Lunges | 42% | 50% |
| Wall balls | 38% | 64% |
| Roxzone | 28% | 72% |
| Runs | 60% | 59% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Karen | Payton |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 29% | 51% |
| Sled push | 35% | 68% |
| Sled pull | 28% | 82% |
| Burpee broad jump | 33% | 32% |
| Row | 53% | 47% |
| Farmers carry | 68% | 81% |
| Sandbag lunges | 42% | 50% |
| Wall balls | 38% | 64% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 28% | 72% |
| Runs (8 km) | 60% | 59% |
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 · Atlanta 2025 · Open Women: 45:10 running, 45:01 at the stations and 10:55 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (7:50).Below, Payton · tampa Tamp · Open Women: 45:49 running, 39:13 at the stations and 6:59 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (7:28).
See the numbers
| Part | Karen · Atlanta 2025 · Open Women | Payton · tampa Tamp · Open Women |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:32 | 5:33 |
| SkiErg | 5:50 | 5:16 |
| Run 2 | 5:22 | 5:37 |
| Sled push | 2:59 | 2:40 |
| Run 3 | 5:50 | 5:51 |
| Sled pull | 7:21 | 4:41 |
| Run 4 | 5:45 | 5:49 |
| Burpee broad jump | 7:50 | 7:28 |
| Run 5 | 5:58 | 5:41 |
| Row | 5:32 | 5:31 |
| Run 6 | 5:50 | 5:39 |
| Farmers carry | 2:02 | 2:00 |
| Run 7 | 5:48 | 5:46 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:44 | 5:23 |
| Run 8 | 6:05 | 5:53 |
| Wall balls | 7:44 | 6:13 |
| Roxzone | 10:55 | 6:59 |
| Finish | 1:41:00 | 1:31:54 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Karen | Payton | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miami 2026 Open Women · 3 Apr 2026 | 1:46:05 | 1:46:01 | 0:04 · Payton faster |
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