Karl vs Mark

GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Karl Davidson

2:18:40 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2025
2031st of 2,041 place in that race · 2,041 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Mark Parsons

1:47:31 best Open Men time · London ExCeL 2025
5030th of 5,554 place in that race · 5,554 Open Men finishers

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

Karl: Cardiff 2025, Open Men · Mark: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Karl and Mark sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Karl: strongest on Ski (faster than 40% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 0%).Mark: strongest on Pull (faster than 24% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 1%).

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Part Karl: faster than Mark: faster than
Ski 40% 1%
Push 31% 21%
Pull 9% 24%
BBJ 1% 15%
Row 14% 3%
Carry 2% 16%
Lunges 0% 6%
Wall balls 15% 5%
Roxzone 4% 23%
Runs 1% 16%

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

Part by part

Part Karl Mark
SkiErg 40% 1%
Sled push 31% 21%
Sled pull 9% 24%
Burpee broad jump 1% 15%
Row 14% 3%
Farmers carry 2% 16%
Sandbag lunges 0% 6%
Wall balls 15% 5%
Roxzone (moving) 4% 23%
Runs (8 km) 1% 16%

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

Karl · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men2:18:40
8:074:376:053:167:136:357:2714:029:035:177:583:468:3613:4714:439:368:32
Mark · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men1:47:31
4:076:084:323:194:465:404:487:454:526:024:522:394:528:396:5514:0413:40
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.Karl · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men: 1:09:13 running, 1:00:56 at the stations and 8:32 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (14:02) and the shortest the sled push (3:16).Below, Mark · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 39:45 running, 54:16 at the stations and 13:40 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (14:04).

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Part Karl · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men Mark · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 8:07 4:07
SkiErg 4:37 6:08
Run 2 6:05 4:32
Sled push 3:16 3:19
Run 3 7:13 4:46
Sled pull 6:35 5:40
Run 4 7:27 4:48
Burpee broad jump 14:02 7:45
Run 5 9:03 4:52
Row 5:17 6:02
Run 6 7:58 4:52
Farmers carry 3:46 2:39
Run 7 8:36 4:52
Sandbag lunges 13:47 8:39
Run 8 14:43 6:55
Wall balls 9:36 14:04
Roxzone 8:32 13:40
Finish 2:18:40 1:47:31

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Karl Mark Gap
Cardiff 2025 Open Men · 30 May 2025 2:18:40 2:18:23 0:17 · Mark faster
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