Branson vs Akash
USA · Open Men · 1 result Branson Merchant
IND · Open Men · 1 result Akash Puthalath
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Branson: Salt Lake City 2026, Open Men · Akash: Salt Lake City 2026, Open Men
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This chart shows where Branson and Akash sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Branson: strongest on Lunges (faster than 65% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 1%).Akash: strongest on Row (faster than 38% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 3%).
See the numbers
| Part | Branson: faster than | Akash: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 10% | 27% |
| Push | 62% | 33% |
| Pull | 20% | 4% |
| BBJ | 41% | 3% |
| Row | 3% | 38% |
| Carry | 6% | 7% |
| Lunges | 65% | 4% |
| Wall balls | 45% | 16% |
| Roxzone | 36% | no split |
| Runs | 1% | 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 | Branson | Akash |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 10% | 27% |
| Sled push | 62% | 33% |
| Sled pull | 20% | 4% |
| Burpee broad jump | 41% | 3% |
| Row | 3% | 38% |
| Farmers carry | 6% | 7% |
| Sandbag lunges | 65% | 4% |
| Wall balls | 45% | 16% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 36% | — |
| Runs (8 km) | 1% | — |
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.Branson · Salt Lake City 2026 · Open Men: 1:14:40 running, 43:58 at the stations and 11:03 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:33) and the shortest the sled push (2:50).Below, Akash · Salt Lake City 2026 · Open Men: 14:16 running and 59:05 at the stations; the longest station was the wall balls (12:00).
See the numbers
| Part | Branson · Salt Lake City 2026 · Open Men | Akash · Salt Lake City 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:17 | 3:35 |
| SkiErg | 5:15 | 4:57 |
| Run 2 | 9:28 | — |
| Sled push | 2:50 | 3:27 |
| Run 3 | 10:51 | — |
| Sled pull | 6:13 | 8:08 |
| Run 4 | 9:45 | — |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:32 | 11:47 |
| Run 5 | 11:54 | — |
| Row | 6:15 | 5:13 |
| Run 6 | 9:36 | — |
| Farmers carry | 3:14 | 3:11 |
| Run 7 | 9:34 | — |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:06 | 10:22 |
| Run 8 | 10:15 | 10:41 |
| Wall balls | 8:33 | 12:00 |
| Roxzone | 11:03 | — |
| Finish | 2:09:33 | 2:09:56 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Branson | Akash | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake City 2026 Open Men · 18 Sep 2026 | 2:09:33 | 2:09:56 | 0:23 · Branson faster |
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