Sam vs Ricky

GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Sam Williams

1:27:30 best Open Men time · Manchester 2026
1480th of 2,544 place in that race · 2,544 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 7 results

Ricky Williamson

1:18:58 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2024
844th of 2,732 place in that race · 2,732 Open Men finishers

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

Sam: Manchester 2026, Open Men · Ricky: Birmingham 2024, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Sam and Ricky 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 92% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 26%).Ricky: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 88% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 51%).

See the numbers
Part Sam: faster than Ricky: faster than
Ski 48% 65%
Push 92% 57%
Pull 70% 71%
BBJ 51% 63%
Row 26% 56%
Carry 73% 86%
Lunges 37% 53%
Wall balls 43% 88%
Roxzone 36% 51%
Runs 33% 65%

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

Part by part

Part Sam Ricky
SkiErg 48% 65%
Sled push 92% 57%
Sled pull 70% 71%
Burpee broad jump 51% 63%
Row 26% 56%
Farmers carry 73% 86%
Sandbag lunges 37% 53%
Wall balls 43% 88%
Roxzone (moving) 36% 51%
Runs (8 km) 33% 65%

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 Men1:27:30
4:074:245:352:065:463:575:565:256:035:025:571:545:575:575:437:296:19
Ricky · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men1:18:58
5:154:174:312:464:394:184:325:214:524:424:461:424:425:005:194:547:29
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: 45:04 running, 36:14 at the stations and 6:19 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:29).Below, Ricky · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men: 38:37 running, 33:00 at the stations and 7:29 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (5:21).

See the numbers
Part Sam · Manchester 2026 · Open Men Ricky · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men
Run 1 4:07 5:15
SkiErg 4:24 4:17
Run 2 5:35 4:31
Sled push 2:06 2:46
Run 3 5:46 4:39
Sled pull 3:57 4:18
Run 4 5:56 4:32
Burpee broad jump 5:25 5:21
Run 5 6:03 4:52
Row 5:02 4:42
Run 6 5:57 4:46
Farmers carry 1:54 1:42
Run 7 5:57 4:42
Sandbag lunges 5:57 5:00
Run 8 5:43 5:19
Wall balls 7:29 4:54
Roxzone 6:19 7:29
Finish 1:27:30 1:18:58

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Sam Ricky Gap
Manchester 2026 Open Men · 21 Jan 2026 1:27:30 1:27:29 0:01 · Ricky faster
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