John vs Mark

GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

John Archer

1:45:25 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
2383rd of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 3 results

Mark Phillips

1:42:44 best Open Men time · Mechelen 2025
1378th of 1,638 place in that race · 1,638 Open Men finishers

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

John: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · Mark: Mechelen 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where John and Mark sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.John: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 47% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 1%).Mark: strongest on Ski (faster than 47% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 9%).

See the numbers
Part John: faster than Mark: faster than
Ski 17% 47%
Push 11% 13%
Pull 10% 12%
BBJ 1% 15%
Row 11% 19%
Carry 34% 14%
Lunges 19% 21%
Wall balls 33% 14%
Roxzone 47% 9%
Runs 23% 26%

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

Part by part

Part John Mark
SkiErg 17% 47%
Sled push 11% 13%
Sled pull 10% 12%
Burpee broad jump 1% 15%
Row 11% 19%
Farmers carry 34% 14%
Sandbag lunges 19% 21%
Wall balls 33% 14%
Roxzone (moving) 47% 9%
Runs (8 km) 23% 26%

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 Men1:45:25
5:574:565:224:075:366:025:4015:175:575:296:053:015:376:317:468:004:05
Mark · Mechelen 2025 · Open Men1:42:44
7:184:294:493:185:066:534:567:515:035:124:572:564:516:336:138:4813:31
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: 48:01 running, 53:23 at the stations and 4:05 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (15:17).Below, Mark · Mechelen 2025 · Open Men: 43:13 running, 45:59 at the stations and 13:31 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:48).

See the numbers
Part John · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men Mark · Mechelen 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 5:57 7:18
SkiErg 4:56 4:29
Run 2 5:22 4:49
Sled push 4:07 3:18
Run 3 5:36 5:06
Sled pull 6:02 6:53
Run 4 5:40 4:56
Burpee broad jump 15:17 7:51
Run 5 5:57 5:03
Row 5:29 5:12
Run 6 6:05 4:57
Farmers carry 3:01 2:56
Run 7 5:37 4:51
Sandbag lunges 6:31 6:33
Run 8 7:46 6:13
Wall balls 8:00 8:48
Roxzone 4:05 13:31
Finish 1:45:25 1:42:44

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race John Mark Gap
Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 1:45:25 1:45:24 0:01 · Mark faster
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