Rob vs Samuel
Rob Pierce
Samuel Purba-Barnard
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Rob: Perth 2026, Open Men · Samuel: Perth 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Rob and Samuel sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Rob: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 67% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 19%).Samuel: strongest on Lunges (faster than 65% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 23%).
See the numbers
| Part | Rob: faster than | Samuel: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 48% | 23% |
| Push | 39% | 29% |
| Pull | 48% | 56% |
| BBJ | 19% | 58% |
| Row | 35% | 29% |
| Carry | 59% | 28% |
| Lunges | 32% | 65% |
| Wall balls | 49% | 62% |
| Roxzone | 67% | 64% |
| Runs | 61% | 44% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Rob | Samuel |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 48% | 23% |
| Sled push | 39% | 29% |
| Sled pull | 48% | 56% |
| Burpee broad jump | 19% | 58% |
| Row | 35% | 29% |
| Farmers carry | 59% | 28% |
| Sandbag lunges | 32% | 65% |
| Wall balls | 49% | 62% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 67% | 64% |
| Runs (8 km) | 61% | 44% |
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.Rob · Perth 2026 · Open Men: 40:32 running, 40:14 at the stations and 4:53 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (7:14).Below, Samuel · Perth 2026 · Open Men: 43:35 running, 37:07 at the stations and 4:57 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:13).
See the numbers
| Part | Rob · Perth 2026 · Open Men | Samuel · Perth 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:56 | 3:46 |
| SkiErg | 4:26 | 4:40 |
| Run 2 | 5:05 | 5:13 |
| Sled push | 3:09 | 3:21 |
| Run 3 | 5:23 | 5:51 |
| Sled pull | 4:40 | 4:24 |
| Run 4 | 5:19 | 5:48 |
| Burpee broad jump | 7:14 | 5:10 |
| Run 5 | 5:31 | 6:06 |
| Row | 5:01 | 5:06 |
| Run 6 | 5:27 | 6:25 |
| Farmers carry | 2:35 | 3:11 |
| Run 7 | 5:01 | 5:37 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:18 | 5:02 |
| Run 8 | 4:50 | 4:48 |
| Wall balls | 6:51 | 6:13 |
| Roxzone | 4:53 | 4:57 |
| Finish | 1:25:36 | 1:25:33 |
Head to head: 3 races they both ran
| Race | Rob | Samuel | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perth 2026 Open Men · 21 Aug 2026 | 1:25:36 | 1:25:33 | 0:03 · Samuel faster |
| Perth 2025 Open Men · 5 Sep 2025 | 1:33:02 | 1:28:38 | 4:24 · Samuel faster |
| Perth 2024 Open Men · 14 Sep 2024 | 1:29:54 | 1:39:10 | 9:16 · Rob faster |
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