Richard vs Graeme

GBR GBR · Open Men · 3 results

Richard Mercer

1:28:56 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
2371st of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 6 results

Graeme Willmott

1:22:51 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
1296th of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers

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

Richard: Birmingham Birm, Open Men · Graeme: Cardiff 2026, Open Men

top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
RichardGraemeedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Richard and Graeme sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Richard: strongest on Ski (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 23%).Graeme: strongest on Lunges (faster than 74% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 32%).

See the numbers
Part Richard: faster than Graeme: faster than
Ski 99% 32%
Push 90% 56%
Pull 61% 34%
BBJ 34% 42%
Row 72% 37%
Carry 44% 41%
Lunges 44% 74%
Wall balls 46% 59%
Roxzone 35% 50%
Runs 23% 50%

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

Part by part

Part Richard Graeme
SkiErg 99% 32%
Sled push 90% 56%
Sled pull 61% 34%
Burpee broad jump 34% 42%
Row 72% 37%
Farmers carry 44% 41%
Sandbag lunges 44% 74%
Wall balls 46% 59%
Roxzone (moving) 35% 50%
Runs (8 km) 23% 50%

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

Richard · Birmingham Birm · Open Men1:28:56
5:404:025:042:405:304:195:336:195:424:365:422:135:455:226:067:237:09
Graeme · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:22:51
5:164:444:483:005:094:514:596:125:094:595:272:535:024:175:526:203:58
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.Richard · Birmingham Birm · Open Men: 45:02 running, 36:55 at the stations and 7:09 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:23).Below, Graeme · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 41:42 running, 37:15 at the stations and 3:58 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:20).

See the numbers
Part Richard · Birmingham Birm · Open Men Graeme · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:40 5:16
SkiErg 4:02 4:44
Run 2 5:04 4:48
Sled push 2:40 3:00
Run 3 5:30 5:09
Sled pull 4:19 4:51
Run 4 5:33 4:59
Burpee broad jump 6:19 6:12
Run 5 5:42 5:09
Row 4:36 4:59
Run 6 5:42 5:27
Farmers carry 2:13 2:53
Run 7 5:45 5:02
Sandbag lunges 5:22 4:17
Run 8 6:06 5:52
Wall balls 7:23 6:20
Roxzone 7:09 3:58
Finish 1:28:56 1:22:51

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Richard Graeme Gap
Birmingham Birm Open Men · 27 Oct 2026 1:28:56 1:28:54 0:02 · Graeme faster
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