Derek vs Paul

GBR GBR · Open Men · 3 results

Derek Batten

1:29:34 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
1734th of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 3 results

Paul Rees

1:18:00 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
1337th of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers

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

Derek: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · Paul: Birmingham Birm, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Derek and Paul sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Derek: strongest on Ski (faster than 69% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 15%).Paul: strongest on Pull (faster than 77% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 30%).

See the numbers
Part Derek: faster than Paul: faster than
Ski 69% 70%
Push 15% 30%
Pull 31% 77%
BBJ 31% 76%
Row 37% 62%
Carry 18% 64%
Lunges 43% 54%
Wall balls 35% 53%
Roxzone 23% 57%
Runs 44% 66%

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

Part by part

Part Derek Paul
SkiErg 69% 70%
Sled push 15% 30%
Sled pull 31% 77%
Burpee broad jump 31% 76%
Row 37% 62%
Farmers carry 18% 64%
Sandbag lunges 43% 54%
Wall balls 35% 53%
Roxzone (moving) 23% 57%
Runs (8 km) 44% 66%

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

Derek · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:29:34
5:264:264:593:565:114:575:026:495:274:595:313:284:545:146:157:515:12
Paul · Birmingham Birm · Open Men1:18:00
4:514:244:103:424:313:544:394:274:514:424:341:584:305:014:466:566:10
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.Derek · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 42:44 running, 41:40 at the stations and 5:12 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:51).Below, Paul · Birmingham Birm · Open Men: 36:53 running, 35:04 at the stations and 6:10 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:56).

See the numbers
Part Derek · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men Paul · Birmingham Birm · Open Men
Run 1 5:26 4:51
SkiErg 4:26 4:24
Run 2 4:59 4:10
Sled push 3:56 3:42
Run 3 5:11 4:31
Sled pull 4:57 3:54
Run 4 5:02 4:39
Burpee broad jump 6:49 4:27
Run 5 5:27 4:51
Row 4:59 4:42
Run 6 5:31 4:34
Farmers carry 3:28 1:58
Run 7 4:54 4:30
Sandbag lunges 5:14 5:01
Run 8 6:15 4:46
Wall balls 7:51 6:56
Roxzone 5:12 6:10
Finish 1:29:34 1:18:00

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Derek Paul Gap
Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 1:29:34 1:29:34 level
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