John vs Sam

GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

John Thomas

1:23:44 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
1373rd of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Sam Handy

1:23:44 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
1372nd of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers

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

John: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · Sam: Cardiff 2026, Open Men

top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
JohnSamedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where John and Sam sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.John: strongest on Ski (faster than 78% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 24%).Sam: strongest on Push (faster than 76% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 28%).

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Part John: faster than Sam: faster than
Ski 78% 73%
Push 51% 76%
Pull 45% 73%
BBJ 24% 40%
Row 49% 60%
Carry 55% 28%
Lunges 62% 67%
Wall balls 55% 38%
Roxzone 54% 37%
Runs 47% 47%

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

Part by part

Part John Sam
SkiErg 78% 73%
Sled push 51% 76%
Sled pull 45% 73%
Burpee broad jump 24% 40%
Row 49% 60%
Farmers carry 55% 28%
Sandbag lunges 62% 67%
Wall balls 55% 38%
Roxzone (moving) 54% 37%
Runs (8 km) 47% 47%

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

John · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:23:44
4:484:224:423:045:164:315:177:225:264:505:292:394:544:386:116:293:49
Sam · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:23:44
5:034:244:432:405:363:505:236:195:214:445:273:094:464:305:517:334:29
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.John · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 42:02 running, 37:55 at the stations and 3:49 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (7:22).Below, Sam · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 42:10 running, 37:09 at the stations and 4:29 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:33) and the shortest the sled push (2:40).

See the numbers
Part John · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men Sam · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:48 5:03
SkiErg 4:22 4:24
Run 2 4:42 4:43
Sled push 3:04 2:40
Run 3 5:16 5:36
Sled pull 4:31 3:50
Run 4 5:17 5:23
Burpee broad jump 7:22 6:19
Run 5 5:26 5:21
Row 4:50 4:44
Run 6 5:29 5:27
Farmers carry 2:39 3:09
Run 7 4:54 4:46
Sandbag lunges 4:38 4:30
Run 8 6:11 5:51
Wall balls 6:29 7:33
Roxzone 3:49 4:29
Finish 1:23:44 1:23:44

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race John Sam Gap
Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 1:23:44 1:23:44 level
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