Paul vs William

GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Paul Richards

1:20:28 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2025
896th of 2,041 place in that race · 2,041 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

William Godding

1:21:46 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
1217th of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers

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

Paul: Cardiff 2025, Open Men · William: Cardiff 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Paul and William sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Paul: strongest on Ski (faster than 68% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 38%).William: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 88% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 31%).

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Part Paul: faster than William: faster than
Ski 68% 87%
Push 54% 87%
Pull 42% 68%
BBJ 53% 55%
Row 51% 70%
Carry 47% 51%
Lunges 38% 74%
Wall balls 53% 88%
Roxzone 63% 31%
Runs 56% 37%

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

Part by part

Part Paul William
SkiErg 68% 87%
Sled push 54% 87%
Sled pull 42% 68%
Burpee broad jump 53% 55%
Row 51% 70%
Farmers carry 47% 51%
Sandbag lunges 38% 74%
Wall balls 53% 88%
Roxzone (moving) 63% 31%
Runs (8 km) 56% 37%

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

Paul · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men1:20:28
4:494:254:372:564:444:554:485:514:584:474:532:094:515:075:426:314:25
William · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:21:46
4:574:174:442:285:153:585:295:385:364:386:002:425:284:176:544:464:44
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.Paul · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men: 39:22 running, 36:41 at the stations and 4:25 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:31).Below, William · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 44:23 running, 32:44 at the stations and 4:44 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (5:38) and the shortest the sled push (2:28).

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Part Paul · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men William · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:49 4:57
SkiErg 4:25 4:17
Run 2 4:37 4:44
Sled push 2:56 2:28
Run 3 4:44 5:15
Sled pull 4:55 3:58
Run 4 4:48 5:29
Burpee broad jump 5:51 5:38
Run 5 4:58 5:36
Row 4:47 4:38
Run 6 4:53 6:00
Farmers carry 2:09 2:42
Run 7 4:51 5:28
Sandbag lunges 5:07 4:17
Run 8 5:42 6:54
Wall balls 6:31 4:46
Roxzone 4:25 4:44
Finish 1:20:28 1:21:46

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Paul William Gap
Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 1:21:50 1:21:46 0:04 · William faster
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