Paul vs Thomas

IRL IRL · Open Men · 2 results

Paul Semple

1:28:05 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2024
1552nd of 2,732 place in that race · 2,732 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Thomas Cox

1:28:03 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2024
1551st of 2,732 place in that race · 2,732 Open Men finishers

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

Paul: Birmingham 2024, Open Men · Thomas: Birmingham 2024, Open Men

top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
PaulThomasedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Paul and Thomas sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Paul: strongest on Pull (faster than 81% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 9%).Thomas: strongest on Carry (faster than 81% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 20%).

See the numbers
Part Paul: faster than Thomas: faster than
Ski 61% 20%
Push 50% 50%
Pull 81% 61%
BBJ 52% 41%
Row 38% 41%
Carry 9% 81%
Lunges 33% 43%
Wall balls 52% 30%
Roxzone 58% 33%
Runs 32% 45%

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

Part by part

Part Paul Thomas
SkiErg 61% 20%
Sled push 50% 50%
Sled pull 81% 61%
Burpee broad jump 52% 41%
Row 38% 41%
Farmers carry 9% 81%
Sandbag lunges 33% 43%
Wall balls 52% 30%
Roxzone (moving) 58% 33%
Runs (8 km) 32% 45%

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

Paul · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men1:28:05
5:424:194:382:514:434:024:485:455:044:547:073:036:195:445:286:367:11
Thomas · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men1:28:03
5:224:414:372:514:474:365:026:155:224:525:091:465:145:205:527:558:31
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.Paul · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men: 43:50 running, 37:14 at the stations and 7:11 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:36) and the shortest the sled push (2:51).Below, Thomas · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men: 41:25 running, 38:16 at the stations and 8:31 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:55).

See the numbers
Part Paul · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men Thomas · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men
Run 1 5:42 5:22
SkiErg 4:19 4:41
Run 2 4:38 4:37
Sled push 2:51 2:51
Run 3 4:43 4:47
Sled pull 4:02 4:36
Run 4 4:48 5:02
Burpee broad jump 5:45 6:15
Run 5 5:04 5:22
Row 4:54 4:52
Run 6 7:07 5:09
Farmers carry 3:03 1:46
Run 7 6:19 5:14
Sandbag lunges 5:44 5:20
Run 8 5:28 5:52
Wall balls 6:36 7:55
Roxzone 7:11 8:31
Finish 1:28:05 1:28:03

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Paul Thomas Gap
Birmingham 2024 Open Men · 25 Oct 2024 1:28:05 1:28:03 0:02 · Thomas faster
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