Christopher vs Tao
AUS · Open Men · 1 result Christopher Medway
CHN · Open Men · 1 result Tao Shen
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Christopher: Sydney 2026, Open Men · Tao: Sydney 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Christopher and Tao sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Christopher: strongest on Runs (faster than 17% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 0%).Tao: strongest on Pull (faster than 14% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 0%).
See the numbers
| Part | Christopher: faster than | Tao: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 4% | 0% |
| Push | 3% | 11% |
| Pull | 9% | 14% |
| BBJ | 3% | 4% |
| Row | 5% | 4% |
| Carry | 6% | 1% |
| Lunges | 5% | 12% |
| Wall balls | 0% | 7% |
| Roxzone | 13% | 6% |
| Runs | 17% | 4% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Christopher | Tao |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 4% | 0% |
| Sled push | 3% | 11% |
| Sled pull | 9% | 14% |
| Burpee broad jump | 3% | 4% |
| Row | 5% | 4% |
| Farmers carry | 6% | 1% |
| Sandbag lunges | 5% | 12% |
| Wall balls | 0% | 7% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 13% | 6% |
| Runs (8 km) | 17% | 4% |
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.Christopher · Sydney 2026 · Open Men: 47:27 running, 1:09:46 at the stations and 11:24 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (23:32).Below, Tao · Sydney 2026 · Open Men: 58:29 running, 57:07 at the stations and 12:44 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (12:30) and the shortest the sled push (3:31).
See the numbers
| Part | Christopher · Sydney 2026 · Open Men | Tao · Sydney 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:16 | 6:00 |
| SkiErg | 5:14 | 6:13 |
| Run 2 | 6:14 | 6:38 |
| Sled push | 4:14 | 3:31 |
| Run 3 | 6:09 | 6:54 |
| Sled pull | 6:30 | 6:02 |
| Run 4 | 6:24 | 7:11 |
| Burpee broad jump | 11:04 | 10:25 |
| Run 5 | 6:25 | 7:44 |
| Row | 5:38 | 5:43 |
| Run 6 | 6:32 | 6:54 |
| Farmers carry | 3:16 | 4:20 |
| Run 7 | 6:40 | 6:15 |
| Sandbag lunges | 10:18 | 8:22 |
| Run 8 | 3:47 | 10:54 |
| Wall balls | 23:32 | 12:30 |
| Roxzone | 11:24 | 12:44 |
| Finish | 2:08:28 | 2:08:12 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Christopher | Tao | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney 2026 Open Men · 1 Jul 2026 | 2:08:28 | 2:08:12 | 0:16 · Tao faster |
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