Sam vs Christopher

GBR GBR · Open Men · 3 results

Sam Cole

1:21:02 best Open Men time · London ExCeL 2025
2471st of 5,554 place in that race · 5,554 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 4 results

Christopher Roach

1:23:53 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
1893rd of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers

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

Sam: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men · Christopher: Birmingham Birm, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Sam and Christopher 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 93% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 38%).Christopher: strongest on Runs (faster than 63% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 16%).

See the numbers
Part Sam: faster than Christopher: faster than
Ski 39% 46%
Push 93% 51%
Pull 51% 16%
BBJ 68% 35%
Row 42% 29%
Carry 40% 21%
Lunges 54% 50%
Wall balls 60% 45%
Roxzone 38% 54%
Runs 53% 63%

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

Part by part

Part Sam Christopher
SkiErg 39% 46%
Sled push 93% 51%
Sled pull 51% 16%
Burpee broad jump 68% 35%
Row 42% 29%
Farmers carry 40% 21%
Sandbag lunges 54% 50%
Wall balls 60% 45%
Roxzone (moving) 38% 54%
Runs (8 km) 53% 63%

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 · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men1:21:02
3:294:563:472:114:034:464:024:504:035:013:522:104:055:025:416:4412:27
Christopher · Birmingham Birm · Open Men1:23:53
4:554:354:103:194:415:544:466:174:405:054:422:394:385:084:497:266:17
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 · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 33:01 running, 35:40 at the stations and 12:27 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:44).Below, Christopher · Birmingham Birm · Open Men: 37:22 running, 40:22 at the stations and 6:17 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:26).

See the numbers
Part Sam · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men Christopher · Birmingham Birm · Open Men
Run 1 3:29 4:55
SkiErg 4:56 4:35
Run 2 3:47 4:10
Sled push 2:11 3:19
Run 3 4:03 4:41
Sled pull 4:46 5:54
Run 4 4:02 4:46
Burpee broad jump 4:50 6:17
Run 5 4:03 4:40
Row 5:01 5:05
Run 6 3:52 4:42
Farmers carry 2:10 2:39
Run 7 4:05 4:38
Sandbag lunges 5:02 5:08
Run 8 5:41 4:49
Wall balls 6:44 7:26
Roxzone 12:27 6:17
Finish 1:21:02 1:23:53

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Sam Christopher Gap
Birmingham Birm Open Men · 29 Oct 2026 1:23:53 1:23:53 level
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