Sam vs Paul
GBR · Open Men · 2 results Sam Wike
IRL · Open Men · 2 results Paul O Connor
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Sam: Birmingham 2025, Open Men · Paul: Birmingham 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Sam and Paul sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Sam: strongest on Carry (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 61%).Paul: strongest on Runs (faster than 92% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 34%).
See the numbers
| Part | Sam: faster than | Paul: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 94% | 69% |
| Push | 90% | 45% |
| Pull | 90% | 55% |
| BBJ | 74% | 55% |
| Row | 93% | 62% |
| Carry | 99% | 75% |
| Lunges | 88% | 34% |
| Wall balls | 81% | 73% |
| Roxzone | 63% | 75% |
| Runs | 61% | 92% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Sam | Paul |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 94% | 69% |
| Sled push | 90% | 45% |
| Sled pull | 90% | 55% |
| Burpee broad jump | 74% | 55% |
| Row | 93% | 62% |
| Farmers carry | 99% | 75% |
| Sandbag lunges | 88% | 34% |
| Wall balls | 81% | 73% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 63% | 75% |
| Runs (8 km) | 61% | 92% |
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.Sam · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 38:10 running, 30:10 at the stations and 6:07 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:36).Below, Paul · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 32:22 running, 36:21 at the stations and 5:40 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:58).
See the numbers
| Part | Sam · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men | Paul · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:58 | 4:35 |
| SkiErg | 4:07 | 4:22 |
| Run 2 | 4:32 | 3:49 |
| Sled push | 2:20 | 3:23 |
| Run 3 | 4:46 | 3:59 |
| Sled pull | 3:51 | 4:53 |
| Run 4 | 4:48 | 3:58 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:39 | 5:24 |
| Run 5 | 4:49 | 3:58 |
| Row | 4:21 | 4:42 |
| Run 6 | 4:41 | 3:52 |
| Farmers carry | 1:21 | 1:51 |
| Run 7 | 4:55 | 4:01 |
| Sandbag lunges | 3:55 | 5:48 |
| Run 8 | 4:40 | 4:09 |
| Wall balls | 5:36 | 5:58 |
| Roxzone | 6:07 | 5:40 |
| Finish | 1:14:15 | 1:14:14 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Sam | Paul | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham 2025 Open Men · 22 Oct 2025 | 1:14:15 | 1:14:14 | 0:01 · Paul faster |
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