Sam vs Mark
Sam Jones
Mark Chivers
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Sam: Birmingham 2024, Open Men · Mark: Birmingham 2025, Open Men
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
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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