Austin vs Stephen

GBR GBR · Open Men · 3 results

Austin Welch

1:34:23 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
1984th of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 8 results

Stephen Ovenden

1:34:15 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
2799th of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers

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

Austin: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · Stephen: Birmingham Birm, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Austin and Stephen sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Austin: strongest on Carry (faster than 56% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 12%).Stephen: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 47% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 1%).

See the numbers
Part Austin: faster than Stephen: faster than
Ski 37% 17%
Push 26% 9%
Pull 35% 21%
BBJ 30% 9%
Row 43% 42%
Carry 56% 1%
Lunges 45% 27%
Wall balls 12% 25%
Roxzone 25% 47%
Runs 28% 47%

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

Part by part

Part Austin Stephen
SkiErg 37% 17%
Sled push 26% 9%
Sled pull 35% 21%
Burpee broad jump 30% 9%
Row 43% 42%
Farmers carry 56% 1%
Sandbag lunges 45% 27%
Wall balls 12% 25%
Roxzone (moving) 25% 47%
Runs (8 km) 28% 47%

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

Austin · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:34:23
5:144:416:443:345:244:485:176:545:194:545:292:374:445:118:0410:305:02
Stephen · Birmingham Birm · Open Men1:34:15
5:324:564:484:364:525:354:558:364:564:544:554:094:546:055:108:566:34
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.Austin · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 46:14 running, 43:09 at the stations and 5:02 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:30).Below, Stephen · Birmingham Birm · Open Men: 40:02 running, 47:46 at the stations and 6:34 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:56).

See the numbers
Part Austin · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men Stephen · Birmingham Birm · Open Men
Run 1 5:14 5:32
SkiErg 4:41 4:56
Run 2 6:44 4:48
Sled push 3:34 4:36
Run 3 5:24 4:52
Sled pull 4:48 5:35
Run 4 5:17 4:55
Burpee broad jump 6:54 8:36
Run 5 5:19 4:56
Row 4:54 4:54
Run 6 5:29 4:55
Farmers carry 2:37 4:09
Run 7 4:44 4:54
Sandbag lunges 5:11 6:05
Run 8 8:04 5:10
Wall balls 10:30 8:56
Roxzone 5:02 6:34
Finish 1:34:23 1:34:15

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Austin Stephen Gap
Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 1:34:23 1:34:27 0:04 · Austin faster
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