Damien vs Chris

GBR GBR · Open Men · 8 results

Damien Thomas

1:15:05 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
1038th of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 8 results

Chris Markey

1:14:10 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
628th of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers

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

Damien: Birmingham Birm, Open Men · Chris: Cardiff 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Damien and Chris sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Damien: strongest on Row (faster than 83% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 46%).Chris: strongest on Runs (faster than 86% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 43%).

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Part Damien: faster than Chris: faster than
Ski 46% 56%
Push 75% 70%
Pull 78% 68%
BBJ 78% 74%
Row 83% 48%
Carry 47% 43%
Lunges 70% 60%
Wall balls 62% 48%
Roxzone 76% 84%
Runs 68% 86%

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

Part by part

Part Damien Chris
SkiErg 46% 56%
Sled push 75% 70%
Sled pull 78% 68%
Burpee broad jump 78% 74%
Row 83% 48%
Farmers carry 47% 43%
Sandbag lunges 70% 60%
Wall balls 62% 48%
Roxzone (moving) 76% 84%
Runs (8 km) 68% 86%

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

Damien · Birmingham Birm · Open Men1:15:05
4:554:354:292:574:503:524:314:214:234:294:302:104:174:314:356:235:25
Chris · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:14:10
4:264:324:122:464:273:574:164:494:334:514:362:514:154:425:086:523:00
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.Damien · Birmingham Birm · Open Men: 36:29 running, 33:18 at the stations and 5:25 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:23).Below, Chris · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 35:53 running, 35:20 at the stations and 3:00 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:52) and the shortest the sled push (2:46).

See the numbers
Part Damien · Birmingham Birm · Open Men Chris · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:55 4:26
SkiErg 4:35 4:32
Run 2 4:29 4:12
Sled push 2:57 2:46
Run 3 4:50 4:27
Sled pull 3:52 3:57
Run 4 4:31 4:16
Burpee broad jump 4:21 4:49
Run 5 4:23 4:33
Row 4:29 4:51
Run 6 4:30 4:36
Farmers carry 2:10 2:51
Run 7 4:17 4:15
Sandbag lunges 4:31 4:42
Run 8 4:35 5:08
Wall balls 6:23 6:52
Roxzone 5:25 3:00
Finish 1:15:05 1:14:10

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Damien Chris Gap
Birmingham Birm Open Men · 29 Oct 2026 1:15:05 1:15:05 level
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