Jacob vs Kial

GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Jacob Holmes

2:09:05 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
2642nd of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Kial McDonald

2:09:15 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
2643rd of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers

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

Jacob: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · Kial: Cardiff 2026, Open Men

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

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

Jacob · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men2:09:05
6:515:216:204:588:417:338:0111:258:256:037:223:537:087:208:5711:439:07
Kial · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men2:09:15
7:124:597:114:4311:314:3111:147:1711:304:449:182:297:505:1211:578:548:47
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.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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