Sam vs Mark

GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Sam Jones

1:31:50 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2024
1816th of 2,732 place in that race · 2,732 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Mark Chivers

1:28:13 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2025
2264th of 3,945 place in that race · 3,945 Open Men finishers

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

Sam: Birmingham 2024, Open Men · Mark: Birmingham 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Sam and Mark sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Sam: strongest on BBJ (faster than 61% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 5%).Mark: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 62% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 22%).

See the numbers
Part Sam: faster than Mark: faster than
Ski 5% 43%
Push 35% 22%
Pull 38% 28%
BBJ 61% 50%
Row 30% 26%
Carry 50% 42%
Lunges 50% 24%
Wall balls 7% 46%
Roxzone 58% 62%
Runs 39% 44%

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

Part by part

Part Sam Mark
SkiErg 5% 43%
Sled push 35% 22%
Sled pull 38% 28%
Burpee broad jump 61% 50%
Row 30% 26%
Farmers carry 50% 42%
Sandbag lunges 50% 24%
Wall balls 7% 46%
Roxzone (moving) 58% 62%
Runs (8 km) 39% 44%

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

Sam · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men1:31:50
5:395:034:523:055:075:135:125:245:225:005:132:075:245:065:4411:187:09
Mark · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men1:28:13
5:524:334:424:054:485:494:585:364:565:065:012:165:056:195:327:346:08
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.Sam · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men: 42:34 running, 42:16 at the stations and 7:09 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (11:18).Below, Mark · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 40:54 running, 41:19 at the stations and 6:08 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:34).

See the numbers
Part Sam · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men Mark · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 5:39 5:52
SkiErg 5:03 4:33
Run 2 4:52 4:42
Sled push 3:05 4:05
Run 3 5:07 4:48
Sled pull 5:13 5:49
Run 4 5:12 4:58
Burpee broad jump 5:24 5:36
Run 5 5:22 4:56
Row 5:00 5:06
Run 6 5:13 5:01
Farmers carry 2:07 2:16
Run 7 5:24 5:05
Sandbag lunges 5:06 6:19
Run 8 5:44 5:32
Wall balls 11:18 7:34
Roxzone 7:09 6:08
Finish 1:31:50 1:28:13

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Sam Mark Gap
Birmingham 2024 Open Men · 25 Oct 2024 1:31:50 1:31:53 0:03 · Sam faster
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