Gavin vs David

GBR GBR · Open Men · 5 results

Gavin Thomas

1:59:56 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
2597th of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

David James

1:59:50 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
2596th of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers

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

Gavin: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · David: Cardiff 2026, Open Men

50% top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzone
no split
Runs
no split
GavinDavidedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Gavin and David sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Gavin: strongest on Ski (faster than 54% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 2%).David: strongest on Push (faster than 69% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 1%).

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Part Gavin: faster than David: faster than
Ski 54% 15%
Push 29% 69%
Pull 25% 19%
BBJ 2% 22%
Row 13% 7%
Carry 11% 31%
Lunges 3% 3%
Wall balls 23% 1%
Roxzone 15% no split
Runs 4% no split

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

Part by part

Part Gavin David
SkiErg 54% 15%
Sled push 29% 69%
Sled pull 25% 19%
Burpee broad jump 2% 22%
Row 13% 7%
Farmers carry 11% 31%
Sandbag lunges 3% 3%
Wall balls 23% 1%
Roxzone (moving) 15% —
Runs (8 km) 4% —

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

Gavin · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:59:56
7:054:336:563:297:175:097:2712:047:405:257:463:497:059:549:249:005:56
David · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:59:50
8:034:587:232:478:195:265:587:306:105:4020:383:069:5717:2916:56
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.Gavin · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 1:00:40 running, 53:23 at the stations and 5:56 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (12:04) and the shortest the sled push (3:29).Below, David · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 1:14:00 running and 56:20 at the stations; the longest station was the wall balls (16:56) and the shortest the sled push (2:47).

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Part Gavin · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men David · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 7:05 8:03
SkiErg 4:33 4:58
Run 2 6:56 7:23
Sled push 3:29 2:47
Run 3 7:17 8:19
Sled pull 5:09 5:26
Run 4 7:27 5:58
Burpee broad jump 12:04 7:30
Run 5 7:40 6:10
Row 5:25 5:40
Run 6 7:46 20:38
Farmers carry 3:49 3:06
Run 7 7:05 —
Sandbag lunges 9:54 9:57
Run 8 9:24 17:29
Wall balls 9:00 16:56
Roxzone 5:56 —
Finish 1:59:56 1:59:50

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Gavin David Gap
Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 1:59:56 1:59:50 0:06 · David faster
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