Rich vs Adam

GBR GBR · Open Men · 8 results

Rich Birse

1:33:52 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2024
1929th of 2,732 place in that race · 2,732 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Adam Parsons

1:20:13 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2025
878th of 2,041 place in that race · 2,041 Open Men finishers

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

Rich: Birmingham 2024, Open Men · Adam: Cardiff 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Rich and Adam sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Rich: strongest on Carry (faster than 79% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 11%).Adam: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 67% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 17%).

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Part Rich: faster than Adam: faster than
Ski 16% 17%
Push 55% 34%
Pull 13% 28%
BBJ 19% 40%
Row 11% 34%
Carry 79% 38%
Lunges 14% 53%
Wall balls 22% 67%
Roxzone 33% 57%
Runs 48% 66%

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

Part by part

Part Rich Adam
SkiErg 16% 17%
Sled push 55% 34%
Sled pull 13% 28%
Burpee broad jump 19% 40%
Row 11% 34%
Farmers carry 79% 38%
Sandbag lunges 14% 53%
Wall balls 22% 67%
Roxzone (moving) 33% 57%
Runs (8 km) 48% 66%

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

Rich · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men1:33:52
5:054:444:322:475:106:285:077:445:125:205:041:485:067:015:468:358:32
Adam · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men1:20:13
4:444:524:163:144:395:224:416:244:404:574:462:164:444:415:295:514:37
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.Rich · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men: 41:02 running, 44:26 at the stations and 8:32 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:35).Below, Adam · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men: 37:59 running, 37:37 at the stations and 4:37 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (6:24).

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Part Rich · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men Adam · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 5:05 4:44
SkiErg 4:44 4:52
Run 2 4:32 4:16
Sled push 2:47 3:14
Run 3 5:10 4:39
Sled pull 6:28 5:22
Run 4 5:07 4:41
Burpee broad jump 7:44 6:24
Run 5 5:12 4:40
Row 5:20 4:57
Run 6 5:04 4:46
Farmers carry 1:48 2:16
Run 7 5:06 4:44
Sandbag lunges 7:01 4:41
Run 8 5:46 5:29
Wall balls 8:35 5:51
Roxzone 8:32 4:37
Finish 1:33:52 1:20:13

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Rich Adam Gap
Glasgow 2025 Open Men · 12 Mar 2025 1:43:17 1:43:19 0:02 · Rich faster
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