Preston vs Derek
GBR · Open Men · 3 results Preston Wilkins
IRL · Open Men · 7 results Derek McHugh
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Preston: Cardiff 2025, Open Men · Derek: Berlin 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Preston and Derek sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Preston: strongest on Push (faster than 64% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 8%).Derek: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 42% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 9%).
See the numbers
| Part | Preston: faster than | Derek: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 9% | 24% |
| Push | 64% | 37% |
| Pull | 25% | 33% |
| BBJ | 16% | 10% |
| Row | 8% | 30% |
| Carry | 9% | 29% |
| Lunges | 13% | 9% |
| Wall balls | 10% | 34% |
| Roxzone | 42% | 42% |
| Runs | 8% | 38% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Preston | Derek |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 9% | 24% |
| Sled push | 64% | 37% |
| Sled pull | 25% | 33% |
| Burpee broad jump | 16% | 10% |
| Row | 8% | 30% |
| Farmers carry | 9% | 29% |
| Sandbag lunges | 13% | 9% |
| Wall balls | 10% | 34% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 42% | 42% |
| Runs (8 km) | 8% | 38% |
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.Preston · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men: 51:37 running, 47:01 at the stations and 5:08 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:47) and the shortest the sled push (2:48).Below, Derek · Berlin 2026 · Open Men: 35:59 running, 45:23 at the stations and 14:35 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (8:28).
See the numbers
| Part | Preston · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men | Derek · Berlin 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:08 | 3:44 |
| SkiErg | 5:03 | 4:47 |
| Run 2 | 4:54 | 4:10 |
| Sled push | 2:48 | 3:35 |
| Run 3 | 7:25 | 4:12 |
| Sled pull | 5:31 | 4:49 |
| Run 4 | 7:25 | 4:21 |
| Burpee broad jump | 7:58 | 8:28 |
| Run 5 | 6:29 | 4:23 |
| Row | 5:28 | 5:03 |
| Run 6 | 6:02 | 4:20 |
| Farmers carry | 3:00 | 2:39 |
| Run 7 | 6:34 | 4:27 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:26 | 7:59 |
| Run 8 | 7:40 | 6:23 |
| Wall balls | 10:47 | 8:03 |
| Roxzone | 5:08 | 14:35 |
| Finish | 1:43:46 | 1:35:49 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Preston | Derek | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff 2025 Open Men · 30 May 2025 | 1:43:46 | 1:43:44 | 0:02 · Derek faster |
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