Alex vs John

GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Alex Hambleton

1:39:06 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
2166th of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

John O’Connor

1:39:05 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
2165th of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers

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

Alex: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · John: Cardiff 2026, Open Men

50% top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
AlexJohnedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Alex and John sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Alex: strongest on BBJ (faster than 59% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 7%).John: strongest on Push (faster than 57% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 9%).

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Part Alex: faster than John: faster than
Ski 23% 17%
Push 17% 57%
Pull 21% 27%
BBJ 59% 20%
Row 7% 18%
Carry 31% 15%
Lunges 11% 9%
Wall balls 16% 20%
Roxzone 7% 17%
Runs 29% 26%

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

Part by part

Part Alex John
SkiErg 23% 17%
Sled push 17% 57%
Sled pull 21% 27%
Burpee broad jump 59% 20%
Row 7% 18%
Farmers carry 31% 15%
Sandbag lunges 11% 9%
Wall balls 16% 20%
Roxzone (moving) 7% 17%
Runs (8 km) 29% 26%

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

Alex · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:39:06
5:224:504:513:526:065:205:355:275:285:386:003:055:207:247:279:517:32
John · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:39:05
5:114:565:152:595:455:045:507:406:135:185:383:355:497:417:089:255:42
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.Alex · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 46:09 running, 45:26 at the stations and 7:32 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:51).Below, John · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 46:49 running, 46:38 at the stations and 5:42 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:25) and the shortest the sled push (2:59).

See the numbers
Part Alex · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men John · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:22 5:11
SkiErg 4:50 4:56
Run 2 4:51 5:15
Sled push 3:52 2:59
Run 3 6:06 5:45
Sled pull 5:20 5:04
Run 4 5:35 5:50
Burpee broad jump 5:27 7:40
Run 5 5:28 6:13
Row 5:38 5:18
Run 6 6:00 5:38
Farmers carry 3:05 3:35
Run 7 5:20 5:49
Sandbag lunges 7:24 7:41
Run 8 7:27 7:08
Wall balls 9:51 9:25
Roxzone 7:32 5:42
Finish 1:39:06 1:39:05

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Alex John Gap
Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 1:39:06 1:39:05 0:01 · John faster
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