Chris vs Howard

GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Chris Lydall

1:41:35 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
3231st of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Howard Fox

1:41:33 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
3229th of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers

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

Chris: Birmingham Birm, Open Men · Howard: Birmingham Birm, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Chris and Howard sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Chris: strongest on BBJ (faster than 48% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 11%).Howard: strongest on Carry (faster than 46% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 7%).

See the numbers
Part Chris: faster than Howard: faster than
Ski 12% 35%
Push 23% 26%
Pull 15% 44%
BBJ 48% 16%
Row 31% 7%
Carry 31% 46%
Lunges 11% 17%
Wall balls 15% 38%
Roxzone 16% 15%
Runs 15% 10%

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

Part by part

Part Chris Howard
SkiErg 12% 35%
Sled push 23% 26%
Sled pull 15% 44%
Burpee broad jump 48% 16%
Row 31% 7%
Farmers carry 31% 46%
Sandbag lunges 11% 17%
Wall balls 15% 38%
Roxzone (moving) 16% 15%
Runs (8 km) 15% 10%

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

Chris · Birmingham Birm · Open Men1:41:35
6:005:025:223:545:375:575:365:415:435:035:272:265:377:317:5810:228:26
Howard · Birmingham Birm · Open Men1:41:33
6:134:415:233:495:544:466:017:416:165:366:132:116:236:477:177:538:38
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.Chris · Birmingham Birm · Open Men: 47:21 running, 45:56 at the stations and 8:26 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:22).Below, Howard · Birmingham Birm · Open Men: 49:40 running, 43:23 at the stations and 8:38 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:53).

See the numbers
Part Chris · Birmingham Birm · Open Men Howard · Birmingham Birm · Open Men
Run 1 6:00 6:13
SkiErg 5:02 4:41
Run 2 5:22 5:23
Sled push 3:54 3:49
Run 3 5:37 5:54
Sled pull 5:57 4:46
Run 4 5:36 6:01
Burpee broad jump 5:41 7:41
Run 5 5:43 6:16
Row 5:03 5:36
Run 6 5:27 6:13
Farmers carry 2:26 2:11
Run 7 5:37 6:23
Sandbag lunges 7:31 6:47
Run 8 7:58 7:17
Wall balls 10:22 7:53
Roxzone 8:26 8:38
Finish 1:41:35 1:41:33

Head to head: 2 races they both ran

Race Chris Howard Gap
Birmingham Birm Open Men · 28 Oct 2026 1:41:35 1:41:33 0:02 · Howard faster
Birmingham 2025 Open Men · 22 Oct 2025 1:45:30 1:56:13 10:43 · Chris faster
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