Jacob vs Chris

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
TTO TTO · Open Men · 1 result

Chris French

2:25:41 best Open Men time · Houston 2026
2146th 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 · Chris: Houston 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Jacob and Chris 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%).Chris: strongest on Row (faster than 24% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 1%).

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Part Jacob: faster than Chris: faster than
Ski 54% 15%
Push 3% 16%
Pull 23% 14%
BBJ 3% 5%
Row 52% 24%
Carry 36% 16%
Lunges 26% 8%
Wall balls 13% 1%
Roxzone 13% 1%
Runs 2% 9%

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

Part by part

Part Jacob Chris
SkiErg 54% 15%
Sled push 3% 16%
Sled pull 23% 14%
Burpee broad jump 3% 5%
Row 52% 24%
Farmers carry 36% 16%
Sandbag lunges 26% 8%
Wall balls 13% 1%
Roxzone (moving) 13% 1%
Runs (8 km) 2% 9%

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
Chris · Houston 2026 · Open Men2:25:41
6:355:076:084:206:287:436:3610:3311:095:247:322:598:048:499:3720:4917:58
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, Chris · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 1:02:09 running, 1:05:44 at the stations and 17:58 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (20:49).

See the numbers
Part Jacob · Houston 2026 · Open Men Chris · Houston 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 6:53 6:35
SkiErg 4:38 5:07
Run 2 7:30 6:08
Sled push 6:39 4:20
Run 3 10:23 6:28
Sled pull 6:53 7:43
Run 4 9:39 6:36
Burpee broad jump 11:41 10:33
Run 5 10:44 11:09
Row 4:59 5:24
Run 6 10:09 7:32
Farmers carry 2:27 2:59
Run 7 9:49 8:04
Sandbag lunges 6:49 8:49
Run 8 12:41 9:37
Wall balls 12:06 20:49
Roxzone 12:12 17:58
Finish 2:26:04 2:25:41

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Jacob Chris Gap
Houston 2026 Open Men · 26 Mar 2026 2:26:04 2:25:41 0:23 · Chris faster
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