Will vs John

GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Will Black

1:26:53 best Open Men time · Poznań 2024
430th of 775 place in that race · 775 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 9 results

John Newman

1:21:24 best Open Men time · London Olympia 2026
1074th of 2,650 place in that race · 2,650 Open Men finishers

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

Will: Poznań 2024, Open Men · John: London Olympia 2026, Open Men

top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
WillJohnedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Will and John sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Will: strongest on Carry (faster than 58% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 23%).John: strongest on Pull (faster than 83% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 43%).

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Part Will: faster than John: faster than
Ski 54% 57%
Push 57% 43%
Pull 55% 83%
BBJ 28% 43%
Row 51% 62%
Carry 58% 48%
Lunges 23% 54%
Wall balls 51% 49%
Roxzone 45% 77%
Runs 44% 57%

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

Part by part

Part Will John
SkiErg 54% 57%
Sled push 57% 43%
Sled pull 55% 83%
Burpee broad jump 28% 43%
Row 51% 62%
Farmers carry 58% 48%
Sandbag lunges 23% 54%
Wall balls 51% 49%
Roxzone (moving) 45% 77%
Runs (8 km) 44% 57%

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

Will · Poznań 2024 · Open Men1:26:53
5:094:284:502:035:304:115:306:525:254:535:092:005:056:005:596:267:30
John · London Olympia 2026 · Open Men1:21:24
4:404:254:323:054:473:354:495:554:504:424:542:154:595:066:347:274:57
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.Will · Poznań 2024 · Open Men: 42:37 running, 36:53 at the stations and 7:30 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (6:52).Below, John · London Olympia 2026 · Open Men: 40:05 running, 36:30 at the stations and 4:57 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:27).

See the numbers
Part Will · Poznań 2024 · Open Men John · London Olympia 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:09 4:40
SkiErg 4:28 4:25
Run 2 4:50 4:32
Sled push 2:03 3:05
Run 3 5:30 4:47
Sled pull 4:11 3:35
Run 4 5:30 4:49
Burpee broad jump 6:52 5:55
Run 5 5:25 4:50
Row 4:53 4:42
Run 6 5:09 4:54
Farmers carry 2:00 2:15
Run 7 5:05 4:59
Sandbag lunges 6:00 5:06
Run 8 5:59 6:34
Wall balls 6:26 7:27
Roxzone 7:30 4:57
Finish 1:26:53 1:21:24

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Will John Gap
Glasgow 2025 Open Men · 12 Mar 2025 1:28:50 1:28:51 0:01 · Will faster
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