Max vs Sam
GBR · Open Men · 1 result Max Harper-Emerson
GBR · Open Men · 1 result Sam Handy
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Max: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · Sam: Cardiff 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Max and Sam sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Max: strongest on Runs (faster than 67% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 14%).Sam: strongest on Push (faster than 76% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 28%).
See the numbers
| Part | Max: faster than | Sam: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 35% | 73% |
| Push | 14% | 76% |
| Pull | 45% | 73% |
| BBJ | 43% | 40% |
| Row | 40% | 60% |
| Carry | 33% | 28% |
| Lunges | 39% | 67% |
| Wall balls | 37% | 38% |
| Roxzone | 38% | 37% |
| Runs | 67% | 47% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Max | Sam |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 35% | 73% |
| Sled push | 14% | 76% |
| Sled pull | 45% | 73% |
| Burpee broad jump | 43% | 40% |
| Row | 40% | 60% |
| Farmers carry | 33% | 28% |
| Sandbag lunges | 39% | 67% |
| Wall balls | 37% | 38% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 38% | 37% |
| Runs (8 km) | 67% | 47% |
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.Max · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 39:02 running, 40:20 at the stations and 4:26 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:40).Below, Sam · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 42:10 running, 37:09 at the stations and 4:29 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:33) and the shortest the sled push (2:40).
See the numbers
| Part | Max · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men | Sam · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:11 | 5:03 |
| SkiErg | 4:42 | 4:24 |
| Run 2 | 4:12 | 4:43 |
| Sled push | 3:59 | 2:40 |
| Run 3 | 5:11 | 5:36 |
| Sled pull | 4:31 | 3:50 |
| Run 4 | 4:41 | 5:23 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:08 | 6:19 |
| Run 5 | 5:16 | 5:21 |
| Row | 4:56 | 4:44 |
| Run 6 | 5:02 | 5:27 |
| Farmers carry | 3:02 | 3:09 |
| Run 7 | 4:37 | 4:46 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:22 | 4:30 |
| Run 8 | 5:53 | 5:51 |
| Wall balls | 7:40 | 7:33 |
| Roxzone | 4:26 | 4:29 |
| Finish | 1:23:44 | 1:23:44 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Max | Sam | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 | 1:23:44 | 1:23:44 | level |
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