Karl vs Chris
GBR · Open Men · 2 results Karl Baumgarten
IRL · Open Men · 4 results Chris Higgins
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Karl: Manchester 2025, Open Men · Chris: Cardiff 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Karl and Chris sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Karl: strongest on Push (faster than 66% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 11%).Chris: strongest on Ski (faster than 73% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 16%).
See the numbers
| Part | Karl: faster than | Chris: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 41% | 73% |
| Push | 66% | 20% |
| Pull | 39% | 29% |
| BBJ | 30% | 29% |
| Row | 40% | 70% |
| Carry | 47% | 32% |
| Lunges | 11% | 49% |
| Wall balls | 15% | 48% |
| Roxzone | 55% | 16% |
| Runs | 29% | 45% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Karl | Chris |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 41% | 73% |
| Sled push | 66% | 20% |
| Sled pull | 39% | 29% |
| Burpee broad jump | 30% | 29% |
| Row | 40% | 70% |
| Farmers carry | 47% | 32% |
| Sandbag lunges | 11% | 49% |
| Wall balls | 15% | 48% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 55% | 16% |
| Runs (8 km) | 29% | 45% |
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.Karl · Manchester 2025 · Open Men: 44:35 running, 41:01 at the stations and 6:17 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:15).Below, Chris · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 42:29 running, 39:48 at the stations and 5:47 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (6:59).
See the numbers
| Part | Karl · Manchester 2025 · Open Men | Chris · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:33 | 5:18 |
| SkiErg | 4:22 | 4:24 |
| Run 2 | 5:07 | 4:55 |
| Sled push | 2:26 | 3:45 |
| Run 3 | 6:06 | 5:12 |
| Sled pull | 4:48 | 5:00 |
| Run 4 | 5:53 | 5:07 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:09 | 6:59 |
| Run 5 | 6:02 | 5:07 |
| Row | 4:46 | 4:38 |
| Run 6 | 5:54 | 5:30 |
| Farmers carry | 2:07 | 3:04 |
| Run 7 | 5:51 | 5:00 |
| Sandbag lunges | 7:07 | 5:04 |
| Run 8 | 6:09 | 6:19 |
| Wall balls | 9:15 | 6:54 |
| Roxzone | 6:17 | 5:47 |
| Finish | 1:31:53 | 1:28:00 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Karl | Chris | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London ExCeL 2025 Open Men · 4 Dec 2025 | 1:32:35 | 1:32:33 | 0:02 · Chris faster |
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