Axel vs Tom
Axel Canales
Tom O'Brien
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Axel: Valencia 2025, Open Men · Tom: Valencia 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Axel and Tom sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Axel: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 72% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 27%).Tom: strongest on Carry (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 15%).
See the numbers
| Part | Axel: faster than | Tom: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 34% | 75% |
| Push | 30% | 94% |
| Pull | 42% | 87% |
| BBJ | 48% | 67% |
| Row | 27% | 38% |
| Carry | 35% | 99% |
| Lunges | 34% | 84% |
| Wall balls | 72% | 54% |
| Roxzone | 30% | 26% |
| Runs | 36% | 15% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Axel | Tom |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 34% | 75% |
| Sled push | 30% | 94% |
| Sled pull | 42% | 87% |
| Burpee broad jump | 48% | 67% |
| Row | 27% | 38% |
| Farmers carry | 35% | 99% |
| Sandbag lunges | 34% | 84% |
| Wall balls | 72% | 54% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 30% | 26% |
| Runs (8 km) | 36% | 15% |
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.Axel · Valencia 2025 · Open Men: 42:49 running, 37:08 at the stations and 6:55 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:39).Below, Tom · Valencia 2025 · Open Men: 47:51 running, 31:47 at the stations and 7:15 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:29).
See the numbers
| Part | Axel · Valencia 2025 · Open Men | Tom · Valencia 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:17 | 5:54 |
| SkiErg | 4:40 | 4:21 |
| Run 2 | 5:07 | 5:32 |
| Sled push | 3:42 | 2:28 |
| Run 3 | 5:14 | 5:44 |
| Sled pull | 5:04 | 3:50 |
| Run 4 | 5:19 | 5:53 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:03 | 4:24 |
| Run 5 | 5:30 | 6:15 |
| Row | 5:00 | 4:52 |
| Run 6 | 5:11 | 5:52 |
| Farmers carry | 2:24 | 1:24 |
| Run 7 | 5:19 | 6:07 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:36 | 3:59 |
| Run 8 | 5:52 | 6:34 |
| Wall balls | 5:39 | 6:29 |
| Roxzone | 6:55 | 7:15 |
| Finish | 1:26:45 | 1:26:47 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Axel | Tom | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valencia 2025 Open Men · 18 Oct 2025 | 1:26:45 | 1:26:47 | 0:02 · Axel faster |
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