Sam vs Kris

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

Kris Paton

1:33:23 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2025
2722nd 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 · Kris: Birmingham 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Sam and Kris 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%).Kris: strongest on Carry (faster than 72% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 20%).

See the numbers
Part Sam: faster than Kris: faster than
Ski 81% 34%
Push 19% 26%
Pull 62% 46%
BBJ 36% 62%
Row 51% 55%
Carry 47% 72%
Lunges 57% 31%
Wall balls 81% 39%
Roxzone 22% 30%
Runs 53% 20%

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

Part by part

Part Sam Kris
SkiErg 81% 34%
Sled push 19% 26%
Sled pull 62% 46%
Burpee broad jump 36% 62%
Row 51% 55%
Farmers carry 47% 72%
Sandbag lunges 57% 31%
Wall balls 81% 39%
Roxzone (moving) 22% 30%
Runs (8 km) 53% 20%

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
Kris · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men1:33:23
5:594:385:213:565:535:095:545:075:584:465:451:535:395:575:568:017:39
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, Kris · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 46:25 running, 39:27 at the stations and 7:39 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:01).

See the numbers
Part Sam · Manchester 2024 · Open Men Kris · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 3:21 5:59
SkiErg 4:03 4:38
Run 2 5:02 5:21
Sled push 2:57 3:56
Run 3 5:26 5:53
Sled pull 4:03 5:09
Run 4 5:15 5:54
Burpee broad jump 5:41 5:07
Run 5 5:13 5:58
Row 4:35 4:46
Run 6 5:03 5:45
Farmers carry 2:00 1:53
Run 7 5:09 5:39
Sandbag lunges 4:44 5:57
Run 8 6:01 5:56
Wall balls 4:48 8:01
Roxzone 7:00 7:39
Finish 1:20:12 1:33:23

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Sam Kris Gap
Birmingham 2025 Open Men · 22 Oct 2025 1:33:25 1:33:23 0:02 · Kris faster
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