Sam vs Ross
GBR · Open Men · 5 results Sam Sykes
GBR · Open Men · 3 results Ross Taylor
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Sam: Melbourne 2025, Open Men · Ross: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Sam and Ross 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 87% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 49%).Ross: strongest on BBJ (faster than 96% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 54%).
See the numbers
| Part | Sam: faster than | Ross: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 49% | 60% |
| Push | 73% | 85% |
| Pull | 85% | 54% |
| BBJ | 87% | 96% |
| Row | 68% | 76% |
| Carry | 59% | 84% |
| Lunges | 82% | 63% |
| Wall balls | 52% | 57% |
| Roxzone | 60% | 83% |
| Runs | 72% | 80% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Sam | Ross |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 49% | 60% |
| Sled push | 73% | 85% |
| Sled pull | 85% | 54% |
| Burpee broad jump | 87% | 96% |
| Row | 68% | 76% |
| Farmers carry | 59% | 84% |
| Sandbag lunges | 82% | 63% |
| Wall balls | 52% | 57% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 60% | 83% |
| Runs (8 km) | 72% | 80% |
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 · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men: 35:18 running, 31:49 at the stations and 8:41 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:27).Below, Ross · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 29:23 running, 33:00 at the stations and 9:52 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:53).
See the numbers
| Part | Sam · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men | Ross · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 2:40 | 2:34 |
| SkiErg | 4:28 | 4:45 |
| Run 2 | 4:32 | 3:09 |
| Sled push | 2:19 | 2:20 |
| Run 3 | 4:32 | 3:49 |
| Sled pull | 3:51 | 4:41 |
| Run 4 | 4:31 | 3:41 |
| Burpee broad jump | 3:54 | 3:17 |
| Run 5 | 4:37 | 3:48 |
| Row | 4:37 | 4:41 |
| Run 6 | 4:30 | 3:27 |
| Farmers carry | 2:00 | 1:40 |
| Run 7 | 4:36 | 3:39 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:12 | 4:44 |
| Run 8 | 5:20 | 5:16 |
| Wall balls | 6:27 | 6:53 |
| Roxzone | 8:41 | 9:52 |
| Finish | 1:15:39 | 1:12:10 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Sam | Ross | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brisbane 2026 Pro Men · 9 Apr 2026 | 1:27:25 | 1:27:28 | 0:03 · Sam faster |
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