Phil vs Chris

NZL NZL · Open Men · 2 results

Phil Shaw

1:35:29 best Open Men time · Auckland 2025
503rd of 848 place in that race · 848 Open Men finishers
NZL NZL · Open Men · 1 result

Chris Dalton

1:37:11 best Open Men time · Auckland 2026
747th of 1,138 place in that race · 1,138 Open Men finishers

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

Phil: Auckland 2025, Open Men · Chris: Auckland 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Phil and Chris sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Phil: strongest on Carry (faster than 98% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 25%).Chris: strongest on Ski (faster than 65% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 21%).

See the numbers
Part Phil: faster than Chris: faster than
Ski 58% 65%
Push 50% 30%
Pull 44% 47%
BBJ 74% 26%
Row 25% 41%
Carry 98% 33%
Lunges 52% 21%
Wall balls 43% 38%
Roxzone 36% 38%
Runs 27% 36%

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

Part by part

Part Phil Chris
SkiErg 58% 65%
Sled push 50% 30%
Sled pull 44% 47%
Burpee broad jump 74% 26%
Row 25% 41%
Farmers carry 98% 33%
Sandbag lunges 52% 21%
Wall balls 43% 38%
Roxzone (moving) 36% 38%
Runs (8 km) 27% 36%

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

Phil · Auckland 2025 · Open Men1:35:29
5:384:145:142:506:135:246:114:586:355:146:161:326:405:327:227:238:14
Chris · Auckland 2026 · Open Men1:37:11
5:374:165:273:486:045:086:017:216:125:026:002:125:517:206:397:446:36
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.Phil · Auckland 2025 · Open Men: 50:09 running, 37:06 at the stations and 8:14 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:23).Below, Chris · Auckland 2026 · Open Men: 47:52 running, 42:50 at the stations and 6:36 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:44).

See the numbers
Part Phil · Auckland 2025 · Open Men Chris · Auckland 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:38 5:37
SkiErg 4:14 4:16
Run 2 5:14 5:27
Sled push 2:50 3:48
Run 3 6:13 6:04
Sled pull 5:24 5:08
Run 4 6:11 6:01
Burpee broad jump 4:58 7:21
Run 5 6:35 6:12
Row 5:14 5:02
Run 6 6:16 6:00
Farmers carry 1:32 2:12
Run 7 6:40 5:51
Sandbag lunges 5:32 7:20
Run 8 7:22 6:39
Wall balls 7:23 7:44
Roxzone 8:14 6:36
Finish 1:35:29 1:37:11

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Phil Chris Gap
Auckland 2026 Open Men · 29 Jan 2026 1:37:11 1:37:11 level
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