Paul vs Simon

GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Paul Taylor

1:27:58 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2024
1547th of 2,732 place in that race · 2,732 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 4 results

Simon Baker

1:27:53 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2024
1545th of 2,732 place in that race · 2,732 Open Men finishers

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

Paul: Birmingham 2024, Open Men · Simon: Birmingham 2024, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Paul and Simon sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Paul: strongest on Pull (faster than 86% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 19%).Simon: strongest on Ski (faster than 77% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 15%).

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Part Paul: faster than Simon: faster than
Ski 63% 77%
Push 39% 62%
Pull 86% 47%
BBJ 75% 47%
Row 84% 20%
Carry 53% 15%
Lunges 85% 43%
Wall balls 67% 42%
Roxzone 19% 16%
Runs 22% 57%

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

Part by part

Part Paul Simon
SkiErg 63% 77%
Sled push 39% 62%
Sled pull 86% 47%
Burpee broad jump 75% 47%
Row 84% 20%
Farmers carry 53% 15%
Sandbag lunges 85% 43%
Wall balls 67% 42%
Roxzone (moving) 19% 16%
Runs (8 km) 22% 57%

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 · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men1:27:58
5:484:185:043:015:313:545:314:475:584:265:472:055:463:576:405:569:37
Simon · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men1:27:53
5:174:124:312:424:504:594:375:594:495:084:582:454:515:205:537:0810:02
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 · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men: 46:06 running, 32:23 at the stations and 9:37 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:56).Below, Simon · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men: 39:46 running, 38:12 at the stations and 10:02 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:08) and the shortest the sled push (2:42).

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Part Paul · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men Simon · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men
Run 1 5:48 5:17
SkiErg 4:18 4:12
Run 2 5:04 4:31
Sled push 3:01 2:42
Run 3 5:31 4:50
Sled pull 3:54 4:59
Run 4 5:31 4:37
Burpee broad jump 4:47 5:59
Run 5 5:58 4:49
Row 4:26 5:08
Run 6 5:47 4:58
Farmers carry 2:05 2:45
Run 7 5:46 4:51
Sandbag lunges 3:57 5:20
Run 8 6:40 5:53
Wall balls 5:56 7:08
Roxzone 9:37 10:02
Finish 1:27:58 1:27:53

Head to head: 2 races they both ran

Race Paul Simon Gap
Birmingham 2024 Open Men · 25 Oct 2024 1:27:58 1:27:53 0:05 · Simon faster
Birmingham 2024 Open Men · 25 Oct 2024 1:41:11 1:27:53 13:18 · Simon faster
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