Richard vs Sam

IRL IRL · Open Men · 6 results

Richard Blackmore

1:21:02 best Open Men time · London ExCeL 2025
2472nd of 5,554 place in that race · 5,554 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 3 results

Sam Cole

1:21:02 best Open Men time · London ExCeL 2025
2471st of 5,554 place in that race · 5,554 Open Men finishers

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

Richard: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men · Sam: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Richard and Sam sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Richard: strongest on Ski (faster than 89% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 34%).Sam: strongest on Push (faster than 93% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 38%).

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Part Richard: faster than Sam: faster than
Ski 89% 39%
Push 55% 93%
Pull 65% 51%
BBJ 34% 68%
Row 43% 42%
Carry 66% 40%
Lunges 60% 54%
Wall balls 63% 60%
Roxzone 41% 38%
Runs 55% 53%

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

Part by part

Part Richard Sam
SkiErg 89% 39%
Sled push 55% 93%
Sled pull 65% 51%
Burpee broad jump 34% 68%
Row 43% 42%
Farmers carry 66% 40%
Sandbag lunges 60% 54%
Wall balls 63% 60%
Roxzone (moving) 41% 38%
Runs (8 km) 55% 53%

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

Richard · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men1:21:02
3:194:283:482:443:514:253:576:174:025:004:051:534:024:505:456:3212:13
Sam · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men1:21:02
3:294:563:472:114:034:464:024:504:035:013:522:104:055:025:416:4412:27
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.Richard · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 32:49 running, 36:08 at the stations and 12:13 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:32).Below, Sam · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 33:01 running, 35:40 at the stations and 12:27 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:44).

See the numbers
Part Richard · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men Sam · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 3:19 3:29
SkiErg 4:28 4:56
Run 2 3:48 3:47
Sled push 2:44 2:11
Run 3 3:51 4:03
Sled pull 4:25 4:46
Run 4 3:57 4:02
Burpee broad jump 6:17 4:50
Run 5 4:02 4:03
Row 5:00 5:01
Run 6 4:05 3:52
Farmers carry 1:53 2:10
Run 7 4:02 4:05
Sandbag lunges 4:50 5:02
Run 8 5:45 5:41
Wall balls 6:32 6:44
Roxzone 12:13 12:27
Finish 1:21:02 1:21:02

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Richard Sam Gap
London ExCeL 2025 Open Men · 4 Dec 2025 1:21:02 1:21:02 level
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