Tom vs Alex

GBR GBR · Open Men · 8 results

Tom Ward

1:12:22 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
765th of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 4 results

Alex Cottam

1:12:25 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
766th of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers

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

Tom: Birmingham Birm, Open Men · Alex: Birmingham Birm, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Tom and Alex sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Tom: strongest on Pull (faster than 97% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 31%).Alex: strongest on Ski (faster than 96% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 60%).

See the numbers
Part Tom: faster than Alex: faster than
Ski 40% 96%
Push 31% 60%
Pull 97% 88%
BBJ 76% 73%
Row 48% 94%
Carry 33% 85%
Lunges 66% 84%
Wall balls 82% 69%
Roxzone 85% 86%
Runs 81% 71%

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

Part by part

Part Tom Alex
SkiErg 40% 96%
Sled push 31% 60%
Sled pull 97% 88%
Burpee broad jump 76% 73%
Row 48% 94%
Farmers carry 33% 85%
Sandbag lunges 66% 84%
Wall balls 82% 69%
Roxzone (moving) 85% 86%
Runs (8 km) 81% 71%

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

Tom · Birmingham Birm · Open Men1:12:22
4:594:384:093:414:153:104:144:274:124:504:062:244:074:394:195:185:02
Alex · Birmingham Birm · Open Men1:12:25
4:464:074:143:114:243:364:234:344:284:194:301:424:354:024:396:025:00
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.Tom · Birmingham Birm · Open Men: 34:21 running, 33:07 at the stations and 5:02 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:18).Below, Alex · Birmingham Birm · Open Men: 35:59 running, 31:33 at the stations and 5:00 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:02).

See the numbers
Part Tom · Birmingham Birm · Open Men Alex · Birmingham Birm · Open Men
Run 1 4:59 4:46
SkiErg 4:38 4:07
Run 2 4:09 4:14
Sled push 3:41 3:11
Run 3 4:15 4:24
Sled pull 3:10 3:36
Run 4 4:14 4:23
Burpee broad jump 4:27 4:34
Run 5 4:12 4:28
Row 4:50 4:19
Run 6 4:06 4:30
Farmers carry 2:24 1:42
Run 7 4:07 4:35
Sandbag lunges 4:39 4:02
Run 8 4:19 4:39
Wall balls 5:18 6:02
Roxzone 5:02 5:00
Finish 1:12:22 1:12:25

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Tom Alex Gap
Birmingham Birm Open Men · 27 Oct 2026 1:12:22 1:12:25 0:03 · Tom faster
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