Jacob vs Jay

USA USA · Open Men · 3 results

Jacob Hicks

2:26:04 best Open Men time · Houston 2026
2148th of 2,230 place in that race · 2,230 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Jay Serrano

2:26:10 best Open Men time · Houston 2026
2150th of 2,230 place in that race · 2,230 Open Men finishers

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

Jacob: Houston 2026, Open Men · Jay: Houston 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Jacob and Jay sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Jacob: strongest on Ski (faster than 54% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 2%).Jay: strongest on Lunges (faster than 27% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 2%).

See the numbers
Part Jacob: faster than Jay: faster than
Ski 54% 2%
Push 3% 6%
Pull 23% 2%
BBJ 3% 26%
Row 52% 17%
Carry 36% 8%
Lunges 26% 27%
Wall balls 13% 5%
Roxzone 13% 8%
Runs 2% 3%

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

Part by part

Part Jacob Jay
SkiErg 54% 2%
Sled push 3% 6%
Sled pull 23% 2%
Burpee broad jump 3% 26%
Row 52% 17%
Farmers carry 36% 8%
Sandbag lunges 26% 27%
Wall balls 13% 5%
Roxzone (moving) 13% 8%
Runs (8 km) 2% 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

Jacob · Houston 2026 · Open Men2:26:04
6:534:387:306:3910:236:539:3911:4110:444:5910:092:279:496:4912:4112:0612:12
Jay · Houston 2026 · Open Men2:26:10
5:415:468:175:2312:2510:039:367:148:575:328:473:166:276:4813:2215:3813:08
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.Jacob · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 1:17:47 running, 56:11 at the stations and 12:12 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (12:06).Below, Jay · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 1:13:32 running, 59:40 at the stations and 13:08 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (15:38).

See the numbers
Part Jacob · Houston 2026 · Open Men Jay · Houston 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 6:53 5:41
SkiErg 4:38 5:46
Run 2 7:30 8:17
Sled push 6:39 5:23
Run 3 10:23 12:25
Sled pull 6:53 10:03
Run 4 9:39 9:36
Burpee broad jump 11:41 7:14
Run 5 10:44 8:57
Row 4:59 5:32
Run 6 10:09 8:47
Farmers carry 2:27 3:16
Run 7 9:49 6:27
Sandbag lunges 6:49 6:48
Run 8 12:41 13:22
Wall balls 12:06 15:38
Roxzone 12:12 13:08
Finish 2:26:04 2:26:10

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Jacob Jay Gap
Houston 2026 Open Men · 26 Mar 2026 2:26:04 2:26:10 0:06 · Jacob faster
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