David vs Vanar

GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

David Margetts

1:41:28 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2025
3212th of 3,945 place in that race · 3,945 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 5 results

Vanar Mahendran

1:39:27 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
3144th of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers

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

David: Birmingham 2025, Open Men · Vanar: Birmingham Birm, Open Men

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

This chart shows where David and Vanar sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.David: strongest on Push (faster than 64% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 5%).Vanar: strongest on Carry (faster than 71% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 14%).

See the numbers
Part David: faster than Vanar: faster than
Ski 6% 35%
Push 64% 14%
Pull 7% 16%
BBJ 14% 14%
Row 5% 29%
Carry 31% 71%
Lunges 29% 24%
Wall balls 18% 15%
Roxzone 36% 50%
Runs 19% 16%

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

Part by part

Part David Vanar
SkiErg 6% 35%
Sled push 64% 14%
Sled pull 7% 16%
Burpee broad jump 14% 14%
Row 5% 29%
Farmers carry 31% 71%
Sandbag lunges 29% 24%
Wall balls 18% 15%
Roxzone (moving) 36% 50%
Runs (8 km) 19% 16%

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

David · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men1:41:28
6:235:075:052:586:117:255:547:595:515:415:532:275:376:045:3610:067:18
Vanar · Birmingham Birm · Open Men1:39:27
5:434:415:134:156:025:546:027:546:075:055:421:535:516:176:1010:226:25
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.David · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 46:29 running, 47:47 at the stations and 7:18 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:06).Below, Vanar · Birmingham Birm · Open Men: 46:50 running, 46:20 at the stations and 6:25 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:22).

See the numbers
Part David · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men Vanar · Birmingham Birm · Open Men
Run 1 6:23 5:43
SkiErg 5:07 4:41
Run 2 5:05 5:13
Sled push 2:58 4:15
Run 3 6:11 6:02
Sled pull 7:25 5:54
Run 4 5:54 6:02
Burpee broad jump 7:59 7:54
Run 5 5:51 6:07
Row 5:41 5:05
Run 6 5:53 5:42
Farmers carry 2:27 1:53
Run 7 5:37 5:51
Sandbag lunges 6:04 6:17
Run 8 5:36 6:10
Wall balls 10:06 10:22
Roxzone 7:18 6:25
Finish 1:41:28 1:39:27

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race David Vanar Gap
Birmingham 2025 Open Men · 22 Oct 2025 1:41:28 1:41:28 level
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