Mark vs John
Mark Newton
John Paulo Acenas
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Mark: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · John: Cardiff 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Mark and John sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Mark: strongest on Carry (faster than 68% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 7%).John: strongest on Ski (faster than 43% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 10%).
See the numbers
| Part | Mark: faster than | John: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 14% | 43% |
| Push | 17% | 10% |
| Pull | 22% | 14% |
| BBJ | 32% | 30% |
| Row | 7% | 32% |
| Carry | 68% | 10% |
| Lunges | 22% | 19% |
| Wall balls | 25% | 34% |
| Roxzone | 27% | 22% |
| Runs | 11% | 13% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Mark | John |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 14% | 43% |
| Sled push | 17% | 10% |
| Sled pull | 22% | 14% |
| Burpee broad jump | 32% | 30% |
| Row | 7% | 32% |
| Farmers carry | 68% | 10% |
| Sandbag lunges | 22% | 19% |
| Wall balls | 25% | 34% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 27% | 22% |
| Runs (8 km) | 11% | 13% |
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.Mark · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 52:53 running, 43:58 at the stations and 4:58 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:44).Below, John · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 51:49 running, 44:43 at the stations and 5:14 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:56).
See the numbers
| Part | Mark · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men | John · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 6:15 | 4:54 |
| SkiErg | 4:59 | 4:38 |
| Run 2 | 5:54 | 6:44 |
| Sled push | 3:52 | 4:13 |
| Run 3 | 6:35 | 5:47 |
| Sled pull | 5:15 | 5:44 |
| Run 4 | 6:20 | 7:16 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:45 | 6:51 |
| Run 5 | 6:31 | 7:18 |
| Row | 5:39 | 5:02 |
| Run 6 | 6:48 | 7:30 |
| Farmers carry | 2:27 | 3:51 |
| Run 7 | 6:30 | 5:16 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:17 | 6:29 |
| Run 8 | 8:00 | 7:04 |
| Wall balls | 8:44 | 7:56 |
| Roxzone | 4:58 | 5:14 |
| Finish | 1:41:46 | 1:41:44 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Mark | John | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 | 1:41:46 | 1:41:44 | 0:02 · John faster |
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