Sam vs Luke
GBR · Open Men · 1 result Sam Cottrell
GBR · Open Men · 4 results Luke Nixon
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Sam: Cardiff 2025, Open Men · Luke: Cardiff 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Sam and Luke sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Sam: strongest on Lunges (faster than 92% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 5%).Luke: strongest on Carry (faster than 91% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 49%).
See the numbers
| Part | Sam: faster than | Luke: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 5% | 54% |
| Push | 15% | 49% |
| Pull | 42% | 74% |
| BBJ | 80% | 82% |
| Row | 40% | 72% |
| Carry | 27% | 91% |
| Lunges | 92% | 70% |
| Wall balls | 33% | 89% |
| Roxzone | 71% | 85% |
| Runs | 70% | 58% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Sam | Luke |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 5% | 54% |
| Sled push | 15% | 49% |
| Sled pull | 42% | 74% |
| Burpee broad jump | 80% | 82% |
| Row | 40% | 72% |
| Farmers carry | 27% | 91% |
| Sandbag lunges | 92% | 70% |
| Wall balls | 33% | 89% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 71% | 85% |
| Runs (8 km) | 70% | 58% |
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.Sam · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men: 37:21 running, 37:01 at the stations and 4:12 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:39).Below, Luke · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 40:24 running, 31:43 at the stations and 2:57 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (4:44).
See the numbers
| Part | Sam · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men | Luke · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:04 | 5:20 |
| SkiErg | 5:09 | 4:33 |
| Run 2 | 4:31 | 4:43 |
| Sled push | 3:37 | 3:06 |
| Run 3 | 4:37 | 4:59 |
| Sled pull | 4:56 | 3:49 |
| Run 4 | 4:29 | 4:56 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:46 | 4:27 |
| Run 5 | 4:29 | 5:04 |
| Row | 4:53 | 4:37 |
| Run 6 | 4:29 | 5:05 |
| Farmers carry | 2:28 | 2:03 |
| Run 7 | 4:18 | 4:40 |
| Sandbag lunges | 3:33 | 4:24 |
| Run 8 | 5:24 | 5:37 |
| Wall balls | 7:39 | 4:44 |
| Roxzone | 4:12 | 2:57 |
| Finish | 1:18:34 | 1:15:00 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Sam | Luke | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff 2025 Open Men · 30 May 2025 | 1:18:34 | 1:18:35 | 0:01 · Sam faster |
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