Sam vs Alex

GBR GBR · Open Men · 12 results

Sam Kelly

1:07:48 best Open Men time · Manchester 2026
234th of 2,544 place in that race · 2,544 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 3 results

Alex Barlow

1:03:29 best Open Men time · Manchester 2024
51st of 1,206 place in that race · 1,206 Open Men finishers

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

Sam: Manchester 2026, Open Men · Alex: Manchester 2024, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Sam and Alex sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Sam: strongest on Push (faster than 97% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 37%).Alex: strongest on Row (faster than 97% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 71%).

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Part Sam: faster than Alex: faster than
Ski 37% 81%
Push 97% 71%
Pull 91% 94%
BBJ 92% 96%
Row 65% 97%
Carry 71% 92%
Lunges 86% 80%
Wall balls 47% 92%
Roxzone 90% 95%
Runs 94% 94%

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

Part by part

Part Sam Alex
SkiErg 37% 81%
Sled push 97% 71%
Sled pull 91% 94%
Burpee broad jump 92% 96%
Row 65% 97%
Farmers carry 71% 92%
Sandbag lunges 86% 80%
Wall balls 47% 92%
Roxzone (moving) 90% 95%
Runs (8 km) 94% 94%

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

Sam · Manchester 2026 · Open Men1:07:48
3:024:294:021:584:203:234:213:254:374:364:251:554:294:053:477:123:49
Alex · Manchester 2024 · Open Men1:03:29
4:104:033:542:124:053:124:073:114:114:074:131:304:034:024:254:153:58
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.Sam · Manchester 2026 · Open Men: 33:02 running, 31:03 at the stations and 3:49 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:12).Below, Alex · Manchester 2024 · Open Men: 33:08 running, 26:32 at the stations and 3:58 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (4:15).

See the numbers
Part Sam · Manchester 2026 · Open Men Alex · Manchester 2024 · Open Men
Run 1 3:02 4:10
SkiErg 4:29 4:03
Run 2 4:02 3:54
Sled push 1:58 2:12
Run 3 4:20 4:05
Sled pull 3:23 3:12
Run 4 4:21 4:07
Burpee broad jump 3:25 3:11
Run 5 4:37 4:11
Row 4:36 4:07
Run 6 4:25 4:13
Farmers carry 1:55 1:30
Run 7 4:29 4:03
Sandbag lunges 4:05 4:02
Run 8 3:47 4:25
Wall balls 7:12 4:15
Roxzone 3:49 3:58
Finish 1:07:48 1:03:29

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Sam Alex Gap
Manchester 2026 Open Men · 21 Jan 2026 1:07:48 1:07:53 0:05 · Sam faster
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