Chris vs Richard

GBR GBR · Open Men · 5 results

Chris Palmer

1:16:59 best Open Men time · London 2025
664th of 1,917 place in that race · 1,917 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 5 results

Richard Mackin

1:08:38 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
462nd of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers

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

Chris: London 2025, Open Men · Richard: Birmingham Birm, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Chris and Richard sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Chris: strongest on Push (faster than 76% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 29%).Richard: strongest on Push (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 70%).

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Part Chris: faster than Richard: faster than
Ski 42% 92%
Push 76% 99%
Pull 69% 86%
BBJ 71% 77%
Row 53% 90%
Carry 29% 74%
Lunges 67% 70%
Wall balls 52% 84%
Roxzone 50% 85%
Runs 67% 85%

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

Part by part

Part Chris Richard
SkiErg 42% 92%
Sled push 76% 99%
Sled pull 69% 86%
Burpee broad jump 71% 77%
Row 53% 90%
Farmers carry 29% 74%
Sandbag lunges 67% 70%
Wall balls 52% 84%
Roxzone (moving) 50% 85%
Runs (8 km) 67% 85%

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

Chris · London 2025 · Open Men1:16:59
4:454:264:252:294:313:554:294:254:384:394:372:284:374:375:427:025:22
Richard · Birmingham Birm · Open Men1:08:38
4:344:123:582:004:093:404:034:254:134:234:081:514:094:314:155:115:02
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.Chris · London 2025 · Open Men: 37:44 running, 34:01 at the stations and 5:22 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:02).Below, Richard · Birmingham Birm · Open Men: 33:29 running, 30:13 at the stations and 5:02 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:11).

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Part Chris · London 2025 · Open Men Richard · Birmingham Birm · Open Men
Run 1 4:45 4:34
SkiErg 4:26 4:12
Run 2 4:25 3:58
Sled push 2:29 2:00
Run 3 4:31 4:09
Sled pull 3:55 3:40
Run 4 4:29 4:03
Burpee broad jump 4:25 4:25
Run 5 4:38 4:13
Row 4:39 4:23
Run 6 4:37 4:08
Farmers carry 2:28 1:51
Run 7 4:37 4:09
Sandbag lunges 4:37 4:31
Run 8 5:42 4:15
Wall balls 7:02 5:11
Roxzone 5:22 5:02
Finish 1:16:59 1:08:38

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Chris Richard Gap
Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 1:18:35 1:18:32 0:03 · Richard faster
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