Grant vs William

GBR GBR · Open Men · 6 results

Grant Polson

1:09:41 best Open Men time · Mechelen 2025
166th of 1,638 place in that race · 1,638 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

William Thomas

1:11:13 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
430th of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers

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

Grant: Mechelen 2025, Open Men · William: Cardiff 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Grant and William sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Grant: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 98% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 59%).William: strongest on Runs (faster than 90% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 46%).

See the numbers
Part Grant: faster than William: faster than
Ski 76% 62%
Push 84% 61%
Pull 92% 46%
BBJ 85% 90%
Row 89% 75%
Carry 59% 68%
Lunges 81% 68%
Wall balls 98% 73%
Roxzone 86% 70%
Runs 84% 90%

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

Part by part

Part Grant William
SkiErg 76% 62%
Sled push 84% 61%
Sled pull 92% 46%
Burpee broad jump 85% 90%
Row 89% 75%
Farmers carry 59% 68%
Sandbag lunges 81% 68%
Wall balls 98% 73%
Roxzone (moving) 86% 70%
Runs (8 km) 84% 90%

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

Grant · Mechelen 2025 · Open Men1:09:41
5:164:153:402:063:573:394:004:224:014:253:562:033:544:184:263:447:39
William · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:11:13
4:114:294:012:554:154:294:114:034:364:354:322:274:124:274:575:353:21
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.Grant · Mechelen 2025 · Open Men: 33:10 running, 28:52 at the stations and 7:39 in the roxzone; the longest station was the row (4:25).Below, William · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 34:55 running, 32:59 at the stations and 3:21 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:35).

See the numbers
Part Grant · Mechelen 2025 · Open Men William · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:16 4:11
SkiErg 4:15 4:29
Run 2 3:40 4:01
Sled push 2:06 2:55
Run 3 3:57 4:15
Sled pull 3:39 4:29
Run 4 4:00 4:11
Burpee broad jump 4:22 4:03
Run 5 4:01 4:36
Row 4:25 4:35
Run 6 3:56 4:32
Farmers carry 2:03 2:27
Run 7 3:54 4:12
Sandbag lunges 4:18 4:27
Run 8 4:26 4:57
Wall balls 3:44 5:35
Roxzone 7:39 3:21
Finish 1:09:41 1:11:13

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Grant William Gap
Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 1:11:10 1:11:13 0:03 · Grant faster
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