Kym vs Obos

CAN CAN · Open Men · 3 results

Kym Barthel

1:21:36 best Open Men time · Houston 2026
518th of 2,230 place in that race · 2,230 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Obos Ikpefan

1:21:33 best Open Men time · Houston 2026
516th of 2,230 place in that race · 2,230 Open Men finishers

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

Kym: Houston 2026, Open Men · Obos: Houston 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Kym and Obos sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Kym: strongest on Ski (faster than 90% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 34%).Obos: strongest on Lunges (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 46%).

See the numbers
Part Kym: faster than Obos: faster than
Ski 90% 98%
Push 34% 78%
Pull 82% 76%
BBJ 81% 46%
Row 87% 51%
Carry 86% 61%
Lunges 79% 99%
Wall balls 83% 47%
Roxzone 53% 59%
Runs 71% 80%

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

Part by part

Part Kym Obos
SkiErg 90% 98%
Sled push 34% 78%
Sled pull 82% 76%
Burpee broad jump 81% 46%
Row 87% 51%
Farmers carry 86% 61%
Sandbag lunges 79% 99%
Wall balls 83% 47%
Roxzone (moving) 53% 59%
Runs (8 km) 71% 80%

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

Kym · Houston 2026 · Open Men1:21:36
5:004:184:233:365:104:404:544:305:144:354:511:485:064:285:175:448:10
Obos · Houston 2026 · Open Men1:21:33
4:024:073:372:424:334:544:146:024:465:005:572:085:183:205:158:007:47
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.Kym · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 39:55 running, 33:39 at the stations and 8:10 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:44).Below, Obos · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 37:42 running, 36:13 at the stations and 7:47 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:00).

See the numbers
Part Kym · Houston 2026 · Open Men Obos · Houston 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:00 4:02
SkiErg 4:18 4:07
Run 2 4:23 3:37
Sled push 3:36 2:42
Run 3 5:10 4:33
Sled pull 4:40 4:54
Run 4 4:54 4:14
Burpee broad jump 4:30 6:02
Run 5 5:14 4:46
Row 4:35 5:00
Run 6 4:51 5:57
Farmers carry 1:48 2:08
Run 7 5:06 5:18
Sandbag lunges 4:28 3:20
Run 8 5:17 5:15
Wall balls 5:44 8:00
Roxzone 8:10 7:47
Finish 1:21:36 1:21:33

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Kym Obos Gap
Houston 2026 Open Men · 26 Mar 2026 1:21:36 1:21:33 0:03 · Obos faster
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