Stephen vs Chris

GBR GBR · Open Men · 8 results

Stephen Ovenden

1:34:15 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
2799th of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 3 results

Chris Mathieson

1:34:16 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
2801st of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers

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

Stephen: Birmingham Birm, Open Men · Chris: Birmingham Birm, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Stephen and Chris sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Stephen: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 47% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 1%).Chris: strongest on Push (faster than 63% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 22%).

See the numbers
Part Stephen: faster than Chris: faster than
Ski 17% 57%
Push 9% 63%
Pull 21% 24%
BBJ 9% 42%
Row 42% 51%
Carry 1% 22%
Lunges 27% 27%
Wall balls 25% 23%
Roxzone 47% 26%
Runs 47% 23%

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

Part by part

Part Stephen Chris
SkiErg 17% 57%
Sled push 9% 63%
Sled pull 21% 24%
Burpee broad jump 9% 42%
Row 42% 51%
Farmers carry 1% 22%
Sandbag lunges 27% 27%
Wall balls 25% 23%
Roxzone (moving) 47% 26%
Runs (8 km) 47% 23%

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

Stephen · Birmingham Birm · Open Men1:34:15
5:324:564:484:364:525:354:558:364:564:544:554:094:546:055:108:566:34
Chris · Birmingham Birm · Open Men1:34:16
5:554:305:143:085:275:285:355:565:354:485:342:375:356:056:099:087:40
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.Stephen · Birmingham Birm · Open Men: 40:02 running, 47:46 at the stations and 6:34 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:56).Below, Chris · Birmingham Birm · Open Men: 45:04 running, 41:40 at the stations and 7:40 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:08).

See the numbers
Part Stephen · Birmingham Birm · Open Men Chris · Birmingham Birm · Open Men
Run 1 5:32 5:55
SkiErg 4:56 4:30
Run 2 4:48 5:14
Sled push 4:36 3:08
Run 3 4:52 5:27
Sled pull 5:35 5:28
Run 4 4:55 5:35
Burpee broad jump 8:36 5:56
Run 5 4:56 5:35
Row 4:54 4:48
Run 6 4:55 5:34
Farmers carry 4:09 2:37
Run 7 4:54 5:35
Sandbag lunges 6:05 6:05
Run 8 5:10 6:09
Wall balls 8:56 9:08
Roxzone 6:34 7:40
Finish 1:34:15 1:34:16

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Stephen Chris Gap
Birmingham Birm Open Men · 27 Oct 2026 1:34:15 1:34:16 0:01 · Stephen faster
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