Tom vs Paul
GBR · Open Men · 6 results Tom Bennett
GBR · Open Men · 5 results Paul McFarland
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Tom: Birmingham 2025, Open Men · Paul: Rome 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Tom and Paul sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Tom: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 42% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 2%).Paul: strongest on Runs (faster than 40% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 6%).
See the numbers
| Part | Tom: faster than | Paul: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 41% | 38% |
| Push | 3% | 31% |
| Pull | 17% | 16% |
| BBJ | 2% | 6% |
| Row | 39% | 23% |
| Carry | 18% | 27% |
| Lunges | 41% | 24% |
| Wall balls | 42% | 17% |
| Roxzone | 19% | 39% |
| Runs | 27% | 40% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Tom | Paul |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 41% | 38% |
| Sled push | 3% | 31% |
| Sled pull | 17% | 16% |
| Burpee broad jump | 2% | 6% |
| Row | 39% | 23% |
| Farmers carry | 18% | 27% |
| Sandbag lunges | 41% | 24% |
| Wall balls | 42% | 17% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 19% | 39% |
| Runs (8 km) | 27% | 40% |
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.Tom · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 44:28 running, 50:26 at the stations and 8:31 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (12:37).Below, Paul · Rome 2026 · Open Men: 40:59 running, 47:53 at the stations and 7:29 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:44).
See the numbers
| Part | Tom · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men | Paul · Rome 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:53 | 5:33 |
| SkiErg | 4:34 | 4:37 |
| Run 2 | 4:24 | 4:24 |
| Sled push | 5:48 | 3:51 |
| Run 3 | 5:15 | 4:54 |
| Sled pull | 6:25 | 6:10 |
| Run 4 | 5:24 | 5:06 |
| Burpee broad jump | 12:37 | 9:06 |
| Run 5 | 6:30 | 4:55 |
| Row | 4:56 | 5:19 |
| Run 6 | 5:41 | 4:45 |
| Farmers carry | 2:45 | 2:35 |
| Run 7 | 5:45 | 4:52 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:31 | 6:31 |
| Run 8 | 6:36 | 6:30 |
| Wall balls | 7:50 | 9:44 |
| Roxzone | 8:31 | 7:29 |
| Finish | 1:43:17 | 1:36:13 |
Head to head: 2 races they both ran
| Race | Tom | Paul | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff 2026 Doubles Men · 29 Apr 2026 | 1:13:53 | 1:18:48 | 4:55 · Tom faster |
| Birmingham 2025 Open Men · 22 Oct 2025 | 1:43:17 | 1:43:15 | 0:02 · Paul faster |
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