Richard vs Gerard

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
IRL IRL · Open Men · 6 results

Gerard Mawhinney

1:28:54 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
2369th of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers

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

Richard: Birmingham Birm, Open Men · Gerard: Birmingham Birm, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Richard and Gerard 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%).Gerard: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 55% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 21%).

See the numbers
Part Richard: faster than Gerard: faster than
Ski 99% 39%
Push 90% 53%
Pull 61% 21%
BBJ 34% 30%
Row 72% 35%
Carry 44% 29%
Lunges 44% 30%
Wall balls 46% 55%
Roxzone 35% 31%
Runs 23% 39%

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

Part by part

Part Richard Gerard
SkiErg 99% 39%
Sled push 90% 53%
Sled pull 61% 21%
Burpee broad jump 34% 30%
Row 72% 35%
Farmers carry 44% 29%
Sandbag lunges 44% 30%
Wall balls 46% 55%
Roxzone (moving) 35% 31%
Runs (8 km) 23% 39%

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
Gerard · Birmingham Birm · Open Men1:28:54
5:084:394:503:185:085:364:556:335:205:005:142:285:185:585:286:467:22
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, Gerard · Birmingham Birm · Open Men: 41:20 running, 40:19 at the stations and 7:22 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:46).

See the numbers
Part Richard · Birmingham Birm · Open Men Gerard · Birmingham Birm · Open Men
Run 1 5:40 5:08
SkiErg 4:02 4:39
Run 2 5:04 4:50
Sled push 2:40 3:18
Run 3 5:30 5:08
Sled pull 4:19 5:36
Run 4 5:33 4:55
Burpee broad jump 6:19 6:33
Run 5 5:42 5:20
Row 4:36 5:00
Run 6 5:42 5:14
Farmers carry 2:13 2:28
Run 7 5:45 5:18
Sandbag lunges 5:22 5:58
Run 8 6:06 5:28
Wall balls 7:23 6:46
Roxzone 7:09 7:22
Finish 1:28:56 1:28:54

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

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