Samuel vs Tom

GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Samuel Sanders

1:35:42 best Open Men time · London ExCeL 2025
4324th of 5,554 place in that race · 5,554 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Tom Cottrell-Lilley

1:25:18 best Open Men time · Manchester 2026
1357th of 2,544 place in that race · 2,544 Open Men finishers

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

Samuel: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men · Tom: Manchester 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Samuel and Tom sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Samuel: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 51% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 4%).Tom: strongest on Push (faster than 87% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 10%).

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Part Samuel: faster than Tom: faster than
Ski 4% 10%
Push 19% 87%
Pull 16% 44%
BBJ 38% 30%
Row 36% 24%
Carry 21% 37%
Lunges 33% 60%
Wall balls 7% 52%
Roxzone 51% 54%
Runs 29% 43%

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

Part by part

Part Samuel Tom
SkiErg 4% 10%
Sled push 19% 87%
Sled pull 16% 44%
Burpee broad jump 38% 30%
Row 36% 24%
Farmers carry 21% 37%
Sandbag lunges 33% 60%
Wall balls 7% 52%
Roxzone (moving) 51% 54%
Runs (8 km) 29% 43%

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

Samuel · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men1:35:42
3:475:344:223:234:226:074:296:024:325:054:292:314:305:506:0812:5511:42
Tom · Manchester 2026 · Open Men1:25:18
3:374:515:082:135:464:365:486:266:035:045:462:225:245:025:116:575:14
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.Samuel · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 36:38 running, 47:27 at the stations and 11:42 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (12:55).Below, Tom · Manchester 2026 · Open Men: 42:43 running, 37:31 at the stations and 5:14 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:57) and the shortest the sled push (2:13).

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Part Samuel · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men Tom · Manchester 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:47 3:37
SkiErg 5:34 4:51
Run 2 4:22 5:08
Sled push 3:23 2:13
Run 3 4:22 5:46
Sled pull 6:07 4:36
Run 4 4:29 5:48
Burpee broad jump 6:02 6:26
Run 5 4:32 6:03
Row 5:05 5:04
Run 6 4:29 5:46
Farmers carry 2:31 2:22
Run 7 4:30 5:24
Sandbag lunges 5:50 5:02
Run 8 6:08 5:11
Wall balls 12:55 6:57
Roxzone 11:42 5:14
Finish 1:35:42 1:25:18

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Samuel Tom Gap
London ExCeL 2025 Open Men · 4 Dec 2025 1:35:42 1:35:40 0:02 · Tom faster
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