Samuel vs Stephen
USA · Open Men · 1 result Samuel Akpan
USA · Open Men · 3 results Stephen Venable
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Samuel: Chicago Navy Pier 2024, Open Men · Stephen: Houston 2025, Open Men
no splitRowCarryLunges
no splitWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
This chart shows where Samuel and Stephen sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Samuel: strongest on Carry (faster than 71% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 10%).Stephen: strongest on Push (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 27%).
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| Part | Samuel: faster than | Stephen: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 18% | 87% |
| Push | 10% | 99% |
| Pull | 61% | 97% |
| BBJ | no split | 41% |
| Row | 41% | 98% |
| Carry | 71% | 87% |
| Lunges | no split | 93% |
| Wall balls | 30% | 61% |
| Roxzone | 32% | 59% |
| Runs | 15% | 27% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Samuel | Stephen |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 18% | 87% |
| Sled push | 10% | 99% |
| Sled pull | 61% | 97% |
| Burpee broad jump | — | 41% |
| Row | 41% | 98% |
| Farmers carry | 71% | 87% |
| Sandbag lunges | — | 93% |
| Wall balls | 30% | 61% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 32% | 59% |
| Runs (8 km) | 15% | 27% |
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.Samuel · Chicago Navy Pier 2024 · Open Men: 53:16 running, 27:29 at the stations and 8:37 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:16).Below, Stephen · Houston 2025 · Open Men: 50:36 running, 31:07 at the stations and 7:01 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (6:33) and the shortest the sled push (1:18).
See the numbers
| Part | Samuel · Chicago Navy Pier 2024 · Open Men | Stephen · Houston 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:28 | 5:40 |
| SkiErg | 4:47 | 4:12 |
| Run 2 | 6:20 | 5:56 |
| Sled push | 4:01 | 1:18 |
| Run 3 | 6:50 | 6:17 |
| Sled pull | 4:37 | 3:25 |
| Run 4 | 7:23 | 6:29 |
| Burpee broad jump | — | 6:33 |
| Run 5 | 7:07 | 6:11 |
| Row | 4:56 | 4:14 |
| Run 6 | 7:37 | 6:30 |
| Farmers carry | 1:52 | 1:45 |
| Run 7 | 7:00 | 6:32 |
| Sandbag lunges | — | 3:47 |
| Run 8 | 6:31 | 7:02 |
| Wall balls | 7:16 | 5:53 |
| Roxzone | 8:37 | 7:01 |
| Finish | 1:30:52 | 1:28:36 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Samuel | Stephen | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Navy Pier 2024 Open Men · 16 Nov 2024 | 1:30:52 | 1:30:50 | 0:02 · Stephen faster |
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