Bret vs John

USA USA · Open Men · 2 results

Bret Hightower

1:15:26 best Open Men time · Atlanta 2025
105th of 789 place in that race · 789 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Pro Men · 18 results

John Wloch

1:10:30 best Open Men time · Boston 2026
105th of 1,900 place in that race · 1,900 Open Men finishers

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

Bret: Atlanta 2025, Open Men · John: Boston 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Bret and John sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Bret: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 97% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 3%).John: strongest on Carry (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 72%).

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Part Bret: faster than John: faster than
Ski 29% 94%
Push 73% 72%
Pull 93% 98%
BBJ 88% 84%
Row 51% 91%
Carry 3% 99%
Lunges 79% 94%
Wall balls 56% 96%
Roxzone 97% 93%
Runs 93% 89%

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

Part by part

Part Bret John
SkiErg 29% 94%
Sled push 73% 72%
Sled pull 93% 98%
Burpee broad jump 88% 84%
Row 51% 91%
Farmers carry 3% 99%
Sandbag lunges 79% 94%
Wall balls 56% 96%
Roxzone (moving) 97% 93%
Runs (8 km) 93% 89%

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

Bret · Atlanta 2025 · Open Men1:15:26
3:465:024:002:364:153:564:224:004:304:574:243:474:164:254:386:475:54
John · Boston 2026 · Open Men1:10:30
3:194:114:203:154:353:264:424:314:454:294:441:264:433:475:204:184:47
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.Bret · Atlanta 2025 · Open Men: 34:11 running, 35:29 at the stations and 5:54 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:47) and the shortest the sled push (2:36).Below, John · Boston 2026 · Open Men: 36:28 running, 29:22 at the stations and 4:47 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (4:31).

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Part Bret · Atlanta 2025 · Open Men John · Boston 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:46 3:19
SkiErg 5:02 4:11
Run 2 4:00 4:20
Sled push 2:36 3:15
Run 3 4:15 4:35
Sled pull 3:56 3:26
Run 4 4:22 4:42
Burpee broad jump 4:00 4:31
Run 5 4:30 4:45
Row 4:57 4:29
Run 6 4:24 4:44
Farmers carry 3:47 1:26
Run 7 4:16 4:43
Sandbag lunges 4:25 3:47
Run 8 4:38 5:20
Wall balls 6:47 4:18
Roxzone 5:54 4:47
Finish 1:15:26 1:10:30

Head to head: 2 races they both ran

Race Bret John Gap
Atlanta 2025 Open Men · 31 Oct 2025 1:15:26 1:15:21 0:05 · John faster
Atlanta 2025 Open Men · 26 Apr 2025 1:20:36 1:17:39 2:57 · John faster
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