Richard vs Buster
GBR · Open Men · 1 result Richard Taylor
GBR · Open Men · 2 results Buster McArdle
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Richard: Birmingham 2025, Open Men · Buster: Birmingham 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Richard and Buster sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Richard: strongest on Lunges (faster than 40% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 10%).Buster: strongest on Ski (faster than 59% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 4%).
See the numbers
| Part | Richard: faster than | Buster: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 11% | 59% |
| Push | 12% | 38% |
| Pull | 10% | 4% |
| BBJ | 18% | 16% |
| Row | 23% | 20% |
| Carry | 28% | 4% |
| Lunges | 40% | 13% |
| Wall balls | 14% | 40% |
| Roxzone | 40% | 52% |
| Runs | 23% | 19% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Richard | Buster |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 11% | 59% |
| Sled push | 12% | 38% |
| Sled pull | 10% | 4% |
| Burpee broad jump | 18% | 16% |
| Row | 23% | 20% |
| Farmers carry | 28% | 4% |
| Sandbag lunges | 40% | 13% |
| Wall balls | 14% | 40% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 40% | 52% |
| Runs (8 km) | 23% | 19% |
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.Richard · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 45:35 running, 48:14 at the stations and 7:07 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:51).Below, Buster · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 46:26 running, 47:52 at the stations and 6:35 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sled pull (8:04) and the shortest the sled push (3:35).
See the numbers
| Part | Richard · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men | Buster · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 6:29 | 7:39 |
| SkiErg | 4:57 | 4:26 |
| Run 2 | 5:24 | 6:59 |
| Sled push | 4:39 | 3:35 |
| Run 3 | 5:34 | 5:09 |
| Sled pull | 6:59 | 8:04 |
| Run 4 | 5:35 | 5:01 |
| Burpee broad jump | 7:34 | 7:47 |
| Run 5 | 5:46 | 5:20 |
| Row | 5:09 | 5:11 |
| Run 6 | 5:34 | 5:17 |
| Farmers carry | 2:31 | 3:36 |
| Run 7 | 5:31 | 5:25 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:34 | 7:18 |
| Run 8 | 5:42 | 5:36 |
| Wall balls | 10:51 | 7:55 |
| Roxzone | 7:07 | 6:35 |
| Finish | 1:40:47 | 1:40:46 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Richard | Buster | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham 2025 Open Men · 22 Oct 2025 | 1:40:47 | 1:40:46 | 0:01 · Buster faster |
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