Gary vs Mark

USA USA · Open Men · 5 results

Gary Strauser

1:21:38 best Open Men time · Phoenix 2026
502nd of 1,563 place in that race · 1,563 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 3 results

Mark Jekel

1:21:31 best Open Men time · Phoenix 2026
501st of 1,563 place in that race · 1,563 Open Men finishers

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

Gary: Phoenix 2026, Open Men · Mark: Phoenix 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Gary and Mark sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Gary: strongest on Row (faster than 93% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 47%).Mark: strongest on Row (faster than 86% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 29%).

See the numbers
Part Gary: faster than Mark: faster than
Ski 75% 78%
Push 82% 46%
Pull 47% 44%
BBJ 80% 62%
Row 93% 86%
Carry 76% 74%
Lunges 63% 29%
Wall balls 72% 79%
Roxzone 52% 66%
Runs 59% 69%

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

Part by part

Part Gary Mark
SkiErg 75% 78%
Sled push 82% 46%
Sled pull 47% 44%
Burpee broad jump 80% 62%
Row 93% 86%
Farmers carry 76% 74%
Sandbag lunges 63% 29%
Wall balls 72% 79%
Roxzone (moving) 52% 66%
Runs (8 km) 59% 69%

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

Gary · Phoenix 2026 · Open Men1:21:38
4:544:194:482:275:114:385:144:285:374:285:121:485:154:525:455:507:00
Mark · Phoenix 2026 · Open Men1:21:31
4:204:174:363:004:584:455:215:155:134:354:481:505:236:175:205:296:13
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.Gary · Phoenix 2026 · Open Men: 41:56 running, 32:50 at the stations and 7:00 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:50).Below, Mark · Phoenix 2026 · Open Men: 39:59 running, 35:27 at the stations and 6:13 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (6:17).

See the numbers
Part Gary · Phoenix 2026 · Open Men Mark · Phoenix 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:54 4:20
SkiErg 4:19 4:17
Run 2 4:48 4:36
Sled push 2:27 3:00
Run 3 5:11 4:58
Sled pull 4:38 4:45
Run 4 5:14 5:21
Burpee broad jump 4:28 5:15
Run 5 5:37 5:13
Row 4:28 4:35
Run 6 5:12 4:48
Farmers carry 1:48 1:50
Run 7 5:15 5:23
Sandbag lunges 4:52 6:17
Run 8 5:45 5:20
Wall balls 5:50 5:29
Roxzone 7:00 6:13
Finish 1:21:38 1:21:31

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Gary Mark Gap
Phoenix 2026 Open Men · 30 Jan 2026 1:21:38 1:21:31 0:07 · Mark faster
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