Thomas vs Chris
CAN · Open Men · 2 results Thomas Byrne
USA · Open Men · 2 results Chris Ploenzke
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Thomas: Chicago 2025, Open Men · Chris: Chicago 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Thomas and Chris sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Thomas: strongest on Runs (faster than 86% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 16%).Chris: strongest on Push (faster than 85% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 38%).
See the numbers
| Part | Thomas: faster than | Chris: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 42% | 83% |
| Push | 80% | 85% |
| Pull | 49% | 72% |
| BBJ | 83% | 61% |
| Row | 73% | 38% |
| Carry | 60% | 58% |
| Lunges | 65% | 80% |
| Wall balls | 82% | 63% |
| Roxzone | 16% | 69% |
| Runs | 86% | 72% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Thomas | Chris |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 42% | 83% |
| Sled push | 80% | 85% |
| Sled pull | 49% | 72% |
| Burpee broad jump | 83% | 61% |
| Row | 73% | 38% |
| Farmers carry | 60% | 58% |
| Sandbag lunges | 65% | 80% |
| Wall balls | 82% | 63% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 16% | 69% |
| Runs (8 km) | 86% | 72% |
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.Thomas · Chicago 2025 · Open Men: 38:22 running, 33:53 at the stations and 9:38 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:39).Below, Chris · Chicago 2025 · Open Men: 41:13 running, 34:46 at the stations and 5:58 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:45) and the shortest the sled push (2:01).
See the numbers
| Part | Thomas · Chicago 2025 · Open Men | Chris · Chicago 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:17 | 3:24 |
| SkiErg | 4:33 | 4:13 |
| Run 2 | 4:41 | 4:37 |
| Sled push | 2:07 | 2:01 |
| Run 3 | 5:12 | 5:00 |
| Sled pull | 5:16 | 4:36 |
| Run 4 | 5:02 | 5:10 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:44 | 5:45 |
| Run 5 | 5:02 | 5:42 |
| Row | 4:40 | 5:03 |
| Run 6 | 5:00 | 5:22 |
| Farmers carry | 2:02 | 2:03 |
| Run 7 | 4:46 | 5:17 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:52 | 4:20 |
| Run 8 | 5:23 | 6:41 |
| Wall balls | 5:39 | 6:45 |
| Roxzone | 9:38 | 5:58 |
| Finish | 1:21:46 | 1:21:48 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Thomas | Chris | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago 2025 Open Men · 14 Nov 2025 | 1:21:46 | 1:21:48 | 0:02 · Thomas faster |
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