Jacob vs Kial
Jacob Holmes
Kial McDonald
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Jacob: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · Kial: Cardiff 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Jacob and Kial sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Jacob: strongest on Lunges (faster than 11% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 3%).Kial: strongest on Carry (faster than 65% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 1%).
See the numbers
| Part | Jacob: faster than | Kial: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 4% | 14% |
| Push | 3% | 5% |
| Pull | 3% | 45% |
| BBJ | 3% | 25% |
| Row | 3% | 60% |
| Carry | 10% | 65% |
| Lunges | 11% | 44% |
| Wall balls | 7% | 23% |
| Roxzone | 3% | 4% |
| Runs | 3% | 1% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Jacob | Kial |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 4% | 14% |
| Sled push | 3% | 5% |
| Sled pull | 3% | 45% |
| Burpee broad jump | 3% | 25% |
| Row | 3% | 60% |
| Farmers carry | 10% | 65% |
| Sandbag lunges | 11% | 44% |
| Wall balls | 7% | 23% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 3% | 4% |
| Runs (8 km) | 3% | 1% |
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.Jacob · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 1:01:45 running, 58:16 at the stations and 9:07 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (11:43).Below, Kial · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 1:17:43 running, 42:49 at the stations and 8:47 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:54).
See the numbers
| Part | Jacob · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men | Kial · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 6:51 | 7:12 |
| SkiErg | 5:21 | 4:59 |
| Run 2 | 6:20 | 7:11 |
| Sled push | 4:58 | 4:43 |
| Run 3 | 8:41 | 11:31 |
| Sled pull | 7:33 | 4:31 |
| Run 4 | 8:01 | 11:14 |
| Burpee broad jump | 11:25 | 7:17 |
| Run 5 | 8:25 | 11:30 |
| Row | 6:03 | 4:44 |
| Run 6 | 7:22 | 9:18 |
| Farmers carry | 3:53 | 2:29 |
| Run 7 | 7:08 | 7:50 |
| Sandbag lunges | 7:20 | 5:12 |
| Run 8 | 8:57 | 11:57 |
| Wall balls | 11:43 | 8:54 |
| Roxzone | 9:07 | 8:47 |
| Finish | 2:09:05 | 2:09:15 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Jacob | Kial | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 | 2:09:05 | 2:09:15 | 0:10 · Jacob faster |
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