Ken vs Shotaro
USA · Open Men · 1 result Ken Sauer
JPN · Open Men · 3 results Shotaro Kinukawa
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Ken: Yokohama 2025, Open Men · Shotaro: Chiba 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Ken and Shotaro sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Ken: strongest on Push (faster than 95% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 25%).Shotaro: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 83% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 42%).
See the numbers
| Part | Ken: faster than | Shotaro: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 85% | 73% |
| Push | 95% | 68% |
| Pull | 85% | 77% |
| BBJ | 44% | 81% |
| Row | 70% | 63% |
| Carry | 60% | 42% |
| Lunges | 67% | 47% |
| Wall balls | 64% | 83% |
| Roxzone | 26% | 71% |
| Runs | 25% | 52% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Ken | Shotaro |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 85% | 73% |
| Sled push | 95% | 68% |
| Sled pull | 85% | 77% |
| Burpee broad jump | 44% | 81% |
| Row | 70% | 63% |
| Farmers carry | 60% | 42% |
| Sandbag lunges | 67% | 47% |
| Wall balls | 64% | 83% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 26% | 71% |
| Runs (8 km) | 25% | 52% |
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.Ken · Yokohama 2025 · Open Men: 50:57 running, 36:30 at the stations and 10:28 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:13) and the shortest the sled push (2:14).Below, Shotaro · Chiba 2026 · Open Men: 43:38 running, 35:29 at the stations and 6:20 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:06).
See the numbers
| Part | Ken · Yokohama 2025 · Open Men | Shotaro · Chiba 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:48 | 4:56 |
| SkiErg | 4:27 | 4:39 |
| Run 2 | 5:32 | 5:07 |
| Sled push | 2:14 | 2:57 |
| Run 3 | 6:16 | 5:27 |
| Sled pull | 4:29 | 4:50 |
| Run 4 | 6:27 | 5:38 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:53 | 4:01 |
| Run 5 | 7:14 | 6:01 |
| Row | 4:56 | 5:00 |
| Run 6 | 6:01 | 5:55 |
| Farmers carry | 2:17 | 2:40 |
| Run 7 | 6:28 | 5:51 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:02 | 5:16 |
| Run 8 | 7:11 | 4:43 |
| Wall balls | 7:13 | 6:06 |
| Roxzone | 10:28 | 6:20 |
| Finish | 1:37:56 | 1:25:19 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Ken | Shotaro | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yokohama 2025 Open Men · 9 Aug 2025 | 1:37:56 | 1:37:55 | 0:01 · Shotaro faster |
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