Sam vs Mark

GBR GBR · Open Men · 4 results

Sam Donnelly

1:20:12 best Open Men time · Manchester 2024
600th of 1,206 place in that race · 1,206 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Mark Blackman

1:33:25 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2025
2725th of 3,945 place in that race · 3,945 Open Men finishers

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

Sam: Manchester 2024, Open Men · Mark: Birmingham 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Sam and Mark sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Sam: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 81% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 19%).Mark: strongest on Push (faster than 68% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 12%).

See the numbers
Part Sam: faster than Mark: faster than
Ski 81% 45%
Push 19% 68%
Pull 62% 32%
BBJ 36% 31%
Row 51% 12%
Carry 47% 26%
Lunges 57% 22%
Wall balls 81% 21%
Roxzone 22% 17%
Runs 53% 42%

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

Part by part

Part Sam Mark
SkiErg 81% 45%
Sled push 19% 68%
Sled pull 62% 32%
Burpee broad jump 36% 31%
Row 51% 12%
Farmers carry 47% 26%
Sandbag lunges 57% 22%
Wall balls 81% 21%
Roxzone (moving) 22% 17%
Runs (8 km) 53% 42%

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

Sam · Manchester 2024 · Open Men1:20:12
3:214:035:022:575:264:035:155:415:134:355:032:005:094:446:014:487:00
Mark · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men1:33:25
5:394:324:462:525:155:364:586:345:025:235:072:334:466:295:429:388:39
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.Sam · Manchester 2024 · Open Men: 40:30 running, 32:50 at the stations and 7:00 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (5:41).Below, Mark · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 41:16 running, 43:37 at the stations and 8:39 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:38).

See the numbers
Part Sam · Manchester 2024 · Open Men Mark · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 3:21 5:39
SkiErg 4:03 4:32
Run 2 5:02 4:46
Sled push 2:57 2:52
Run 3 5:26 5:15
Sled pull 4:03 5:36
Run 4 5:15 4:58
Burpee broad jump 5:41 6:34
Run 5 5:13 5:02
Row 4:35 5:23
Run 6 5:03 5:07
Farmers carry 2:00 2:33
Run 7 5:09 4:46
Sandbag lunges 4:44 6:29
Run 8 6:01 5:42
Wall balls 4:48 9:38
Roxzone 7:00 8:39
Finish 1:20:12 1:33:25

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Sam Mark Gap
Birmingham 2025 Open Men · 22 Oct 2025 1:33:25 1:33:25 level
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