Tom vs Karl
Tom Johnston
Karl Maher
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Tom: Sydney 2024, Open Men · Karl: Sydney 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Tom and Karl sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Tom: strongest on Pull (faster than 97% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 32%).Karl: strongest on BBJ (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 27%).
See the numbers
| Part | Tom: faster than | Karl: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 47% | 27% |
| Push | 89% | 49% |
| Pull | 97% | 45% |
| BBJ | 69% | 99% |
| Row | 93% | 56% |
| Carry | 87% | 99% |
| Lunges | 71% | 97% |
| Wall balls | 32% | 84% |
| Roxzone | 78% | 81% |
| Runs | 62% | 78% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Tom | Karl |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 47% | 27% |
| Sled push | 89% | 49% |
| Sled pull | 97% | 45% |
| Burpee broad jump | 69% | 99% |
| Row | 93% | 56% |
| Farmers carry | 87% | 99% |
| Sandbag lunges | 71% | 97% |
| Wall balls | 32% | 84% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 78% | 81% |
| Runs (8 km) | 62% | 78% |
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.Tom · Sydney 2024 · Open Men: 40:13 running, 31:29 at the stations and 4:34 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:04).Below, Karl · Sydney 2025 · Open Men: 33:47 running, 28:55 at the stations and 7:05 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (4:49).
See the numbers
| Part | Tom · Sydney 2024 · Open Men | Karl · Sydney 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:42 | 3:33 |
| SkiErg | 4:32 | 4:31 |
| Run 2 | 4:39 | 3:52 |
| Sled push | 1:50 | 2:20 |
| Run 3 | 4:57 | 4:11 |
| Sled pull | 3:10 | 4:41 |
| Run 4 | 5:08 | 4:02 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:29 | 3:02 |
| Run 5 | 5:07 | 4:06 |
| Row | 4:14 | 4:37 |
| Run 6 | 5:11 | 4:09 |
| Farmers carry | 1:39 | 1:26 |
| Run 7 | 5:14 | 4:06 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:31 | 3:29 |
| Run 8 | 6:15 | 5:48 |
| Wall balls | 7:04 | 4:49 |
| Roxzone | 4:34 | 7:05 |
| Finish | 1:16:07 | 1:09:39 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Tom | Karl | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney 2024 Open Men · 27 Jul 2024 | 1:16:07 | 1:16:00 | 0:07 · Karl faster |
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