Sam vs Marcus

USA USA · Open Men · 3 results

Sam Palumbo

1:29:08 best Open Men time · Houston 2026
893rd of 2,230 place in that race · 2,230 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 3 results

Marcus Rodriguez

1:29:07 best Open Men time · Houston 2026
892nd of 2,230 place in that race · 2,230 Open Men finishers

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

Sam: Houston 2026, Open Men · Marcus: Houston 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Sam and Marcus sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Sam: strongest on Carry (faster than 88% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 37%).Marcus: strongest on Runs (faster than 74% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 30%).

See the numbers
Part Sam: faster than Marcus: faster than
Ski 81% 47%
Push 85% 30%
Pull 65% 42%
BBJ 60% 54%
Row 75% 52%
Carry 88% 43%
Lunges 37% 56%
Wall balls 73% 40%
Roxzone 46% 45%
Runs 52% 74%

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

Part by part

Part Sam Marcus
SkiErg 81% 47%
Sled push 85% 30%
Sled pull 65% 42%
Burpee broad jump 60% 54%
Row 75% 52%
Farmers carry 88% 43%
Sandbag lunges 37% 56%
Wall balls 73% 40%
Roxzone (moving) 46% 45%
Runs (8 km) 52% 74%

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

Sam · Houston 2026 · Open Men1:29:08
5:154:245:022:355:225:135:365:265:394:445:401:465:446:135:406:228:36
Marcus · Houston 2026 · Open Men1:29:07
5:484:424:113:464:495:594:445:415:174:594:382:214:325:225:138:318:42
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.Sam · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 43:58 running, 36:43 at the stations and 8:36 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:22).Below, Marcus · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 39:11 running, 41:21 at the stations and 8:42 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:31).

See the numbers
Part Sam · Houston 2026 · Open Men Marcus · Houston 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:15 5:48
SkiErg 4:24 4:42
Run 2 5:02 4:11
Sled push 2:35 3:46
Run 3 5:22 4:49
Sled pull 5:13 5:59
Run 4 5:36 4:44
Burpee broad jump 5:26 5:41
Run 5 5:39 5:17
Row 4:44 4:59
Run 6 5:40 4:38
Farmers carry 1:46 2:21
Run 7 5:44 4:32
Sandbag lunges 6:13 5:22
Run 8 5:40 5:13
Wall balls 6:22 8:31
Roxzone 8:36 8:42
Finish 1:29:08 1:29:07

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Sam Marcus Gap
Houston 2026 Open Men · 26 Mar 2026 1:29:08 1:29:07 0:01 · Marcus faster
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