David vs Stephen
David Pijacki
Stephen Paolini
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
David: New York 2026, Open Men · Stephen: New York 2025, Open Men
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This chart shows where David and Stephen sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.David: strongest on Pull (faster than 64% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 3%).Stephen: strongest on Carry (faster than 45% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 2%).
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| Part | David: faster than | Stephen: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 58% | 2% |
| Push | 39% | 21% |
| Pull | 64% | 2% |
| BBJ | 11% | 6% |
| Row | 10% | 13% |
| Carry | 35% | 45% |
| Lunges | 10% | 20% |
| Wall balls | 20% | 11% |
| Roxzone | 4% | no split |
| Runs | 3% | no split |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | David | Stephen |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 58% | 2% |
| Sled push | 39% | 21% |
| Sled pull | 64% | 2% |
| Burpee broad jump | 11% | 6% |
| Row | 10% | 13% |
| Farmers carry | 35% | 45% |
| Sandbag lunges | 10% | 20% |
| Wall balls | 20% | 11% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 4% | — |
| Runs (8 km) | 3% | — |
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.David · New York 2026 · Open Men: 1:19:29 running, 49:04 at the stations and 13:40 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:36).Below, Stephen · New York 2025 · Open Men: 5:22 running and 50:05 at the stations; the longest station was the wall balls (10:44).
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| Part | David · New York 2026 · Open Men | Stephen · New York 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:44 | 5:22 |
| SkiErg | 4:32 | 5:33 |
| Run 2 | 8:33 | — |
| Sled push | 3:20 | 3:02 |
| Run 3 | 9:15 | — |
| Sled pull | 4:31 | 7:09 |
| Run 4 | 9:52 | — |
| Burpee broad jump | 8:51 | 8:53 |
| Run 5 | 10:58 | — |
| Row | 5:50 | 5:31 |
| Run 6 | 10:37 | — |
| Farmers carry | 2:40 | 2:26 |
| Run 7 | 10:37 | — |
| Sandbag lunges | 8:44 | 6:48 |
| Run 8 | 13:53 | — |
| Wall balls | 10:36 | 10:44 |
| Roxzone | 13:40 | — |
| Finish | 2:22:06 | 1:53:43 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | David | Stephen | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York 2026 Open Men · 28 May 2026 | 2:22:06 | 2:21:54 | 0:12 · Stephen faster |
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