David vs James

USA USA · Open Men · 2 results

David Smoot

1:18:07 best Open Men time · New York 2026
823rd of 4,637 place in that race · 4,637 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 2 results

James Blough

1:11:34 best Open Men time · New York 2025
183rd of 1,865 place in that race · 1,865 Open Men finishers

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

David: New York 2026, Open Men · James: New York 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where David and James sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.David: strongest on Row (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 65%).James: strongest on Pull (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 48%).

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Part David: faster than James: faster than
Ski 99% 60%
Push 95% 91%
Pull 90% 99%
BBJ 65% 69%
Row 99% 98%
Carry 89% 63%
Lunges 70% 72%
Wall balls 78% 48%
Roxzone 76% 74%
Runs 72% 87%

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

Part by part

Part David James
SkiErg 99% 60%
Sled push 95% 91%
Sled pull 90% 99%
Burpee broad jump 65% 69%
Row 99% 98%
Farmers carry 89% 63%
Sandbag lunges 70% 72%
Wall balls 78% 48%
Roxzone (moving) 76% 74%
Runs (8 km) 72% 87%

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

David · New York 2026 · Open Men1:18:07
4:374:004:432:154:593:434:555:055:014:124:591:495:054:596:265:595:28
James · New York 2025 · Open Men1:11:34
4:284:274:021:544:092:374:134:404:184:174:162:114:214:375:397:034:31
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.David · New York 2026 · Open Men: 40:45 running, 32:02 at the stations and 5:28 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:59).Below, James · New York 2025 · Open Men: 35:26 running, 31:46 at the stations and 4:31 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:03) and the shortest the sled push (1:54).

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Part David · New York 2026 · Open Men James · New York 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 4:37 4:28
SkiErg 4:00 4:27
Run 2 4:43 4:02
Sled push 2:15 1:54
Run 3 4:59 4:09
Sled pull 3:43 2:37
Run 4 4:55 4:13
Burpee broad jump 5:05 4:40
Run 5 5:01 4:18
Row 4:12 4:17
Run 6 4:59 4:16
Farmers carry 1:49 2:11
Run 7 5:05 4:21
Sandbag lunges 4:59 4:37
Run 8 6:26 5:39
Wall balls 5:59 7:03
Roxzone 5:28 4:31
Finish 1:18:07 1:11:34

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race David James Gap
New York 2026 Open Men · 28 May 2026 1:18:07 1:18:08 0:01 · David faster
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