Paul vs John

GBR GBR · Open Men · 9 results

Paul Lancaster

1:03:23 best Open Men time · Manchester 2025
43rd of 1,191 place in that race · 1,191 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Pro Men · 5 results

John Sowler

1:06:27 best Open Men time · London Olympia (EMEA Championship) 2026
291st of 961 place in that race · 961 Open Men finishers

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

Paul: Manchester 2025, Open Men · John: London Olympia (EMEA Championship) 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Paul and John sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Paul: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 98% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 74%).John: strongest on Ski (faster than 83% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 56%).

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Part Paul: faster than John: faster than
Ski 80% 83%
Push 92% 56%
Pull 98% 74%
BBJ 90% 64%
Row 97% 69%
Carry 98% 61%
Lunges 74% 62%
Wall balls 98% 61%
Roxzone 92% 80%
Runs 94% 67%

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

Part by part

Part Paul John
SkiErg 80% 83%
Sled push 92% 56%
Sled pull 98% 74%
Burpee broad jump 90% 64%
Row 97% 69%
Farmers carry 98% 61%
Sandbag lunges 74% 62%
Wall balls 98% 61%
Roxzone (moving) 92% 80%
Runs (8 km) 94% 67%

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 · Manchester 2025 · Open Men1:03:23
2:584:074:002:044:073:024:113:344:104:094:151:264:164:204:163:494:38
John · London Olympia (EMEA Championship) 2026 · Open Men1:06:27
3:514:023:402:244:003:144:083:494:074:243:521:494:023:555:535:184:06
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 · Manchester 2025 · Open Men: 32:14 running, 26:31 at the stations and 4:38 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (4:20).Below, John · London Olympia (EMEA Championship) 2026 · Open Men: 33:33 running, 28:55 at the stations and 4:06 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:18).

See the numbers
Part Paul · Manchester 2025 · Open Men John · London Olympia (EMEA Championship) 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 2:58 3:51
SkiErg 4:07 4:02
Run 2 4:00 3:40
Sled push 2:04 2:24
Run 3 4:07 4:00
Sled pull 3:02 3:14
Run 4 4:11 4:08
Burpee broad jump 3:34 3:49
Run 5 4:10 4:07
Row 4:09 4:24
Run 6 4:15 3:52
Farmers carry 1:26 1:49
Run 7 4:16 4:02
Sandbag lunges 4:20 3:55
Run 8 4:16 5:53
Wall balls 3:49 5:18
Roxzone 4:38 4:06
Finish 1:03:23 1:06:27

Head to head: 2 races they both ran

Race Paul John Gap
London Olympia (EMEA Championship) 2026 Open Men · 21 Mar 2026 1:06:26 1:06:27 0:01 · Paul faster
Birmingham 2025 Pro Men · 22 Oct 2025 1:12:17 1:16:49 4:32 · Paul faster
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