Justin vs Sam

USA USA · Open Men · 5 results

Justin Palacios

1:12:19 best Open Men time · Chicago 2025
110th of 1,622 place in that race · 1,622 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 4 results

Sam Carlson

1:12:10 best Open Men time · Chicago 2025
108th of 1,622 place in that race · 1,622 Open Men finishers

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

Justin: Chicago 2025, Open Men · Sam: Chicago 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Justin and Sam sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Justin: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 58%).Sam: strongest on Pull (faster than 94% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 53%).

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Part Justin: faster than Sam: faster than
Ski 74% 93%
Push 58% 53%
Pull 91% 94%
BBJ 97% 77%
Row 92% 85%
Carry 96% 74%
Lunges 91% 91%
Wall balls 99% 88%
Roxzone 86% 90%
Runs 82% 94%

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

Part by part

Part Justin Sam
SkiErg 74% 93%
Sled push 58% 53%
Sled pull 91% 94%
Burpee broad jump 97% 77%
Row 92% 85%
Farmers carry 96% 74%
Sandbag lunges 91% 91%
Wall balls 99% 88%
Roxzone (moving) 86% 90%
Runs (8 km) 82% 94%

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

Justin · Chicago 2025 · Open Men1:12:19
3:414:184:492:284:513:514:533:474:544:265:091:355:153:535:433:455:09
Sam · Chicago 2025 · Open Men1:12:10
2:474:054:162:334:413:394:425:044:574:324:521:534:423:535:355:144:51
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.Justin · Chicago 2025 · Open Men: 39:15 running, 28:02 at the stations and 5:09 in the roxzone; the longest station was the row (4:26).Below, Sam · Chicago 2025 · Open Men: 36:32 running, 30:52 at the stations and 4:51 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:14).

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Part Justin · Chicago 2025 · Open Men Sam · Chicago 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 3:41 2:47
SkiErg 4:18 4:05
Run 2 4:49 4:16
Sled push 2:28 2:33
Run 3 4:51 4:41
Sled pull 3:51 3:39
Run 4 4:53 4:42
Burpee broad jump 3:47 5:04
Run 5 4:54 4:57
Row 4:26 4:32
Run 6 5:09 4:52
Farmers carry 1:35 1:53
Run 7 5:15 4:42
Sandbag lunges 3:53 3:53
Run 8 5:43 5:35
Wall balls 3:45 5:14
Roxzone 5:09 4:51
Finish 1:12:19 1:12:10

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Justin Sam Gap
Chicago 2025 Open Men · 14 Nov 2025 1:12:19 1:12:10 0:09 · Sam faster
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