Gareth vs Derek

GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Gareth Copley

1:43:37 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2025
1826th of 2,041 place in that race · 2,041 Open Men finishers
IRL IRL · Open Men · 7 results

Derek McHugh

1:35:49 best Open Men time · Berlin 2026
2960th of 4,143 place in that race · 4,143 Open Men finishers

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

Gareth: Cardiff 2025, Open Men · Derek: Berlin 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Gareth and Derek sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Gareth: strongest on Ski (faster than 86% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 5%).Derek: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 42% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 9%).

See the numbers
Part Gareth: faster than Derek: faster than
Ski 86% 24%
Push 24% 37%
Pull 36% 33%
BBJ 20% 10%
Row 20% 30%
Carry 47% 29%
Lunges 10% 9%
Wall balls 16% 34%
Roxzone 43% 42%
Runs 5% 38%

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

Part by part

Part Gareth Derek
SkiErg 86% 24%
Sled push 24% 37%
Sled pull 36% 33%
Burpee broad jump 20% 10%
Row 20% 30%
Farmers carry 47% 29%
Sandbag lunges 10% 9%
Wall balls 16% 34%
Roxzone (moving) 43% 42%
Runs (8 km) 5% 38%

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

Gareth · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men1:43:37
6:504:175:153:245:325:087:177:357:335:097:342:097:366:506:589:255:05
Derek · Berlin 2026 · Open Men1:35:49
3:444:474:103:354:124:494:218:284:235:034:202:394:277:596:238:0314:35
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.Gareth · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men: 54:35 running, 43:56 at the stations and 5:05 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:25).Below, Derek · Berlin 2026 · Open Men: 35:59 running, 45:23 at the stations and 14:35 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (8:28).

See the numbers
Part Gareth · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men Derek · Berlin 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 6:50 3:44
SkiErg 4:17 4:47
Run 2 5:15 4:10
Sled push 3:24 3:35
Run 3 5:32 4:12
Sled pull 5:08 4:49
Run 4 7:17 4:21
Burpee broad jump 7:35 8:28
Run 5 7:33 4:23
Row 5:09 5:03
Run 6 7:34 4:20
Farmers carry 2:09 2:39
Run 7 7:36 4:27
Sandbag lunges 6:50 7:59
Run 8 6:58 6:23
Wall balls 9:25 8:03
Roxzone 5:05 14:35
Finish 1:43:37 1:35:49

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Gareth Derek Gap
Cardiff 2025 Open Men · 30 May 2025 1:43:37 1:43:44 0:07 · Gareth faster
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