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Head-to-head record

Ernie Santiago vs Richard Rippetoe

Ernie Santiago
Ernie Santiago
2 0
2 head-to-head meetings
Richard Rippetoe
Richard Rippetoe
Athlete A
Ernie Santiago
Ernie Santiago
United States Men's Open Bodybuilding
Athlete B
Richard Rippetoe
Richard Rippetoe
United States Men's Open Bodybuilding
2 Shared Contests
1979 First Meeting
Query-derived Compiled from contest-result records and cached for performance; community flags are reviewed before any change. Updated August 16, 2026

Ernie Santiago vs Richard Rippetoe head-to-head record and every decided contest between them on record.

Meetings
2
Ernie Santiago
2 ahead
Richard Rippetoe
0 ahead
Span
1979

Only 2 head-to-head meetings on record so far, with Ernie Santiago ahead 2 to 0 - too thin to call a rivalry yet.

Head-to-Head Meetings

Year Contest Division Ernie Santiago Richard Rippetoe Winner
1979 Mr Hawaii Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 #2 Ernie Santiago
1979 Mr Aloha State Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 #2 Ernie Santiago

Head-to-Head at Shared Contests

Ernie Santiago
2
Wins Head-to-Head
2 shared contests
Richard Rippetoe
0
Wins Head-to-Head

Attribute Tug-of-War

Each bar splits a metric by each athlete's share of their combined total. A centered bar means they are level.

Career Overlap Timeline

Shared Contest

Career Stats Comparison

Shared Contest History

Year Contest Division Ernie Santiago Richard Rippetoe Winner

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Method

This page counts finishing positions

Every figure here comes from where each athlete placed in the contest record. Judging sheets and point spreads are not in the database, so a comparison tells you who finished higher on the night. It does not tell you by how much, or how close the call was.

  • A head-to-head result needs both athletes at the same contest in the same division. Two athletes on the same stage in different divisions were never judged against each other, so that show is not counted as a meeting.
  • Only contests both athletes actually entered can be settled here. Careers that never overlapped produce a side-by-side record and no head-to-head, because there is nothing to count.
  • Career totals cover the results we hold. A missing regional or amateur show lowers a total; it never invents one.
  • A shared placement is left as a tie. It is reported separately rather than split between the two athletes.

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