Russell vs Kaj

USA USA · Open Men · 3 results

Russell Clay

1:36:09 best Open Men time · Salt Lake City 2026
685th of 1,296 place in that race · 1,296 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Kaj Johnson

1:36:11 best Open Men time · Salt Lake City 2026
687th of 1,296 place in that race · 1,296 Open Men finishers

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

Russell: Salt Lake City 2026, Open Men · Kaj: Salt Lake City 2026, Open Men

top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
RussellKajedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Russell and Kaj sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Russell: strongest on Carry (faster than 81% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 26%).Kaj: strongest on Carry (faster than 58% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 9%).

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Part Russell: faster than Kaj: faster than
Ski 67% 9%
Push 50% 31%
Pull 59% 20%
BBJ 29% 49%
Row 26% 41%
Carry 81% 58%
Lunges 47% 50%
Wall balls 44% 42%
Roxzone 57% 55%
Runs 45% 52%

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

Part by part

Part Russell Kaj
SkiErg 67% 9%
Sled push 50% 31%
Sled pull 59% 20%
Burpee broad jump 29% 49%
Row 26% 41%
Farmers carry 81% 58%
Sandbag lunges 47% 50%
Wall balls 44% 42%
Roxzone (moving) 57% 55%
Runs (8 km) 45% 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

Russell · Salt Lake City 2026 · Open Men1:36:09
3:084:345:173:035:474:475:577:175:485:256:081:496:315:436:568:379:29
Kaj · Salt Lake City 2026 · Open Men1:36:11
2:435:175:003:305:596:115:376:075:545:115:282:037:025:396:188:499:33
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.Russell · Salt Lake City 2026 · Open Men: 45:31 running, 41:16 at the stations and 9:29 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:37).Below, Kaj · Salt Lake City 2026 · Open Men: 44:01 running, 42:47 at the stations and 9:33 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:49).

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Part Russell · Salt Lake City 2026 · Open Men Kaj · Salt Lake City 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:08 2:43
SkiErg 4:34 5:17
Run 2 5:17 5:00
Sled push 3:03 3:30
Run 3 5:47 5:59
Sled pull 4:47 6:11
Run 4 5:57 5:37
Burpee broad jump 7:17 6:07
Run 5 5:48 5:54
Row 5:25 5:11
Run 6 6:08 5:28
Farmers carry 1:49 2:03
Run 7 6:31 7:02
Sandbag lunges 5:43 5:39
Run 8 6:56 6:18
Wall balls 8:37 8:49
Roxzone 9:29 9:33
Finish 1:36:09 1:36:11

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Russell Kaj Gap
Salt Lake City 2026 Open Men · 18 Sep 2026 1:36:09 1:36:11 0:02 · Russell faster
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