Sam vs Paul
GBR · Open Men · 5 results Sam Burton
GBR · Open Men · 1 result Paul Calboutin
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Sam: Birmingham 2025, Open Men · Paul: Cardiff 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Sam and Paul sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Sam: strongest on Ski (faster than 66% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 26%).Paul: strongest on Carry (faster than 70% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 9%).
See the numbers
| Part | Sam: faster than | Paul: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 66% | 21% |
| Push | 32% | 45% |
| Pull | 32% | 41% |
| BBJ | 65% | 51% |
| Row | 41% | 29% |
| Carry | 26% | 70% |
| Lunges | 36% | 31% |
| Wall balls | 30% | 9% |
| Roxzone | 48% | 54% |
| Runs | 50% | 28% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Sam | Paul |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 66% | 21% |
| Sled push | 32% | 45% |
| Sled pull | 32% | 41% |
| Burpee broad jump | 65% | 51% |
| Row | 41% | 29% |
| Farmers carry | 26% | 70% |
| Sandbag lunges | 36% | 31% |
| Wall balls | 30% | 9% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 48% | 54% |
| Runs (8 km) | 50% | 28% |
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 · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 40:00 running, 40:44 at the stations and 6:46 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:43).Below, Paul · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 46:20 running, 43:09 at the stations and 3:50 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (11:25).
See the numbers
| Part | Sam · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men | Paul · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:12 | 5:28 |
| SkiErg | 4:23 | 4:52 |
| Run 2 | 4:34 | 5:01 |
| Sled push | 3:46 | 3:11 |
| Run 3 | 5:01 | 5:18 |
| Sled pull | 5:38 | 4:38 |
| Run 4 | 4:47 | 5:28 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:01 | 5:48 |
| Run 5 | 5:05 | 7:23 |
| Row | 4:55 | 5:05 |
| Run 6 | 4:55 | 5:46 |
| Farmers carry | 2:34 | 2:25 |
| Run 7 | 5:02 | 5:26 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:44 | 5:45 |
| Run 8 | 5:24 | 6:30 |
| Wall balls | 8:43 | 11:25 |
| Roxzone | 6:46 | 3:50 |
| Finish | 1:27:21 | 1:33:16 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Sam | Paul | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 | 1:33:14 | 1:33:16 | 0:02 · Sam faster |
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