Will vs Paul

GBR GBR · Open Men · 6 results

Will Birch

1:18:15 best Open Men time · London 2025
738th of 1,917 place in that race · 1,917 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Paul Patterson

1:18:17 best Open Men time · London 2025
740th of 1,917 place in that race · 1,917 Open Men finishers

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

Will: London 2025, Open Men · Paul: London 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Will and Paul sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Will: strongest on Carry (faster than 83% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 13%).Paul: strongest on Lunges (faster than 81% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 49%).

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Part Will: faster than Paul: faster than
Ski 36% 60%
Push 51% 49%
Pull 77% 58%
BBJ 56% 59%
Row 42% 53%
Carry 83% 76%
Lunges 13% 81%
Wall balls 63% 63%
Roxzone 76% 64%
Runs 68% 50%

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

Part by part

Part Will Paul
SkiErg 36% 60%
Sled push 51% 49%
Sled pull 77% 58%
Burpee broad jump 56% 59%
Row 42% 53%
Farmers carry 83% 76%
Sandbag lunges 13% 81%
Wall balls 63% 63%
Roxzone (moving) 76% 64%
Runs (8 km) 68% 50%

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

Will · London 2025 · Open Men1:18:15
4:214:294:082:484:223:444:245:034:434:454:361:464:497:146:096:274:36
Paul · London 2025 · Open Men1:18:17
4:294:184:362:505:074:105:004:574:474:394:391:515:064:096:256:274:56
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.Will · London 2025 · Open Men: 37:32 running, 36:16 at the stations and 4:36 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (7:14).Below, Paul · London 2025 · Open Men: 40:09 running, 33:21 at the stations and 4:56 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:27).

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Part Will · London 2025 · Open Men Paul · London 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 4:21 4:29
SkiErg 4:29 4:18
Run 2 4:08 4:36
Sled push 2:48 2:50
Run 3 4:22 5:07
Sled pull 3:44 4:10
Run 4 4:24 5:00
Burpee broad jump 5:03 4:57
Run 5 4:43 4:47
Row 4:45 4:39
Run 6 4:36 4:39
Farmers carry 1:46 1:51
Run 7 4:49 5:06
Sandbag lunges 7:14 4:09
Run 8 6:09 6:25
Wall balls 6:27 6:27
Roxzone 4:36 4:56
Finish 1:18:15 1:18:17

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Will Paul Gap
London 2025 Open Men · 3 May 2025 1:18:15 1:18:17 0:02 · Will faster
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