Sam vs Howard
GBR · Open Men · 12 results Sam Joyce
GBR · Open Men · 1 result Howard Derham
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Sam: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men · Howard: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Sam and Howard sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Sam: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 75%).Howard: strongest on Ski (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 44%).
See the numbers
| Part | Sam: faster than | Howard: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 91% | 99% |
| Push | 96% | 69% |
| Pull | 94% | 44% |
| BBJ | 83% | 83% |
| Row | 96% | 95% |
| Carry | 98% | 89% |
| Lunges | 90% | 82% |
| Wall balls | 99% | 94% |
| Roxzone | 75% | 91% |
| Runs | 87% | 98% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Sam | Howard |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 91% | 99% |
| Sled push | 96% | 69% |
| Sled pull | 94% | 44% |
| Burpee broad jump | 83% | 83% |
| Row | 96% | 95% |
| Farmers carry | 98% | 89% |
| Sandbag lunges | 90% | 82% |
| Wall balls | 99% | 94% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 75% | 91% |
| Runs (8 km) | 87% | 98% |
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 · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 28:22 running, 27:19 at the stations and 10:22 in the roxzone; the longest station was the SkiErg (4:26).Below, Howard · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 26:02 running, 30:45 at the stations and 9:17 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sled pull (4:57).
See the numbers
| Part | Sam · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men | Howard · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 2:52 | 2:33 |
| SkiErg | 4:26 | 4:13 |
| Run 2 | 3:16 | 2:57 |
| Sled push | 2:04 | 2:34 |
| Run 3 | 3:18 | 3:13 |
| Sled pull | 3:36 | 4:57 |
| Run 4 | 3:29 | 3:14 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:08 | 4:07 |
| Run 5 | 3:32 | 3:17 |
| Row | 4:23 | 4:25 |
| Run 6 | 3:29 | 3:14 |
| Farmers carry | 1:24 | 1:36 |
| Run 7 | 3:29 | 3:10 |
| Sandbag lunges | 3:49 | 4:09 |
| Run 8 | 4:57 | 4:24 |
| Wall balls | 3:29 | 4:43 |
| Roxzone | 10:22 | 9:17 |
| Finish | 1:05:54 | 1:05:55 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Sam | Howard | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London ExCeL 2025 Open Men · 4 Dec 2025 | 1:05:54 | 1:05:55 | 0:01 · Sam faster |
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