David vs Russell
GBR · Open Men · 3 results David Meer
GBR · Pro Men · 5 results Russell Pountney
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
David: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men · Russell: Birmingham 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where David and Russell sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.David: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 78% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 28%).Russell: strongest on Lunges (faster than 92% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 37%).
See the numbers
| Part | David: faster than | Russell: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 58% | 41% |
| Push | 52% | 61% |
| Pull | 40% | 91% |
| BBJ | 67% | 72% |
| Row | 45% | 60% |
| Carry | 57% | 71% |
| Lunges | 28% | 92% |
| Wall balls | 78% | 80% |
| Roxzone | 65% | 68% |
| Runs | 53% | 37% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | David | Russell |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 58% | 41% |
| Sled push | 52% | 61% |
| Sled pull | 40% | 91% |
| Burpee broad jump | 67% | 72% |
| Row | 45% | 60% |
| Farmers carry | 57% | 71% |
| Sandbag lunges | 28% | 92% |
| Wall balls | 78% | 80% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 65% | 68% |
| Runs (8 km) | 53% | 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
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.David · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 33:07 running, 36:16 at the stations and 10:56 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (6:04).Below, Russell · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 42:21 running, 32:09 at the stations and 5:55 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:40).
See the numbers
| Part | David · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men | Russell · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:10 | 5:46 |
| SkiErg | 4:46 | 4:34 |
| Run 2 | 3:40 | 4:57 |
| Sled push | 2:47 | 3:02 |
| Run 3 | 3:52 | 5:12 |
| Sled pull | 5:05 | 3:49 |
| Run 4 | 4:03 | 5:10 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:52 | 4:43 |
| Run 5 | 4:12 | 5:20 |
| Row | 4:59 | 4:43 |
| Run 6 | 4:06 | 5:12 |
| Farmers carry | 1:59 | 1:54 |
| Run 7 | 4:14 | 5:20 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:04 | 3:43 |
| Run 8 | 5:50 | 5:24 |
| Wall balls | 5:44 | 5:40 |
| Roxzone | 10:56 | 5:55 |
| Finish | 1:20:12 | 1:20:14 |
Head to head: 2 races they both ran
| Race | David | Russell | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London Olympia 2026 Pro Men · 24 Mar 2026 | 1:27:18 | 1:27:00 | 0:18 · Russell faster |
| Birmingham 2025 Open Men · 22 Oct 2025 | 1:20:15 | 1:20:14 | 0:01 · Russell faster |
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