Blake vs Esteban
Blake Thackrah
Esteban Valdes
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Blake: Melbourne 2025, Open Men · Esteban: Sydney 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Blake and Esteban sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Blake: strongest on Push (faster than 78% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 29%).Esteban: strongest on BBJ (faster than 68% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 10%).
See the numbers
| Part | Blake: faster than | Esteban: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 66% | 44% |
| Push | 78% | 27% |
| Pull | 30% | 15% |
| BBJ | 29% | 68% |
| Row | 49% | 10% |
| Carry | 48% | 19% |
| Lunges | 43% | 12% |
| Wall balls | 45% | 47% |
| Roxzone | 31% | 25% |
| Runs | 35% | 32% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Blake | Esteban |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 66% | 44% |
| Sled push | 78% | 27% |
| Sled pull | 30% | 15% |
| Burpee broad jump | 29% | 68% |
| Row | 49% | 10% |
| Farmers carry | 48% | 19% |
| Sandbag lunges | 43% | 12% |
| Wall balls | 45% | 47% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 31% | 25% |
| Runs (8 km) | 35% | 32% |
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.Blake · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men: 41:35 running, 37:36 at the stations and 10:16 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:50).Below, Esteban · Sydney 2026 · Open Men: 43:11 running, 42:02 at the stations and 10:09 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (8:27).
See the numbers
| Part | Blake · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men | Esteban · Sydney 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 2:44 | 4:03 |
| SkiErg | 4:20 | 4:29 |
| Run 2 | 4:47 | 4:40 |
| Sled push | 2:15 | 2:59 |
| Run 3 | 5:16 | 5:16 |
| Sled pull | 5:25 | 5:54 |
| Run 4 | 5:22 | 5:10 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:19 | 5:00 |
| Run 5 | 5:38 | 5:49 |
| Row | 4:48 | 5:24 |
| Run 6 | 5:32 | 5:15 |
| Farmers carry | 2:07 | 2:38 |
| Run 7 | 5:39 | 5:08 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:32 | 8:27 |
| Run 8 | 6:38 | 7:50 |
| Wall balls | 6:50 | 7:12 |
| Roxzone | 10:16 | 10:09 |
| Finish | 1:29:20 | 1:35:15 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Blake | Esteban | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney 2026 Open Men · 1 Jul 2026 | 1:35:17 | 1:35:15 | 0:02 · Esteban faster |
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