Paul vs John
GBR · Open Men · 4 results Paul Bennun
PHI · Open Men · 1 result John Paulo Acenas
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Paul: Vienna 2025, Open Men · John: Cardiff 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Paul and John sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Paul: strongest on Push (faster than 47% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 7%).John: strongest on Ski (faster than 43% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 10%).
See the numbers
| Part | Paul: faster than | John: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 16% | 43% |
| Push | 47% | 10% |
| Pull | 16% | 14% |
| BBJ | 20% | 30% |
| Row | 7% | 32% |
| Carry | 8% | 10% |
| Lunges | 20% | 19% |
| Wall balls | 10% | 34% |
| Roxzone | 20% | 22% |
| Runs | 9% | 13% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Paul | John |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 16% | 43% |
| Sled push | 47% | 10% |
| Sled pull | 16% | 14% |
| Burpee broad jump | 20% | 30% |
| Row | 7% | 32% |
| Farmers carry | 8% | 10% |
| Sandbag lunges | 20% | 19% |
| Wall balls | 10% | 34% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 20% | 22% |
| Runs (8 km) | 9% | 13% |
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
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.Paul · Vienna 2025 · Open Men: 50:26 running, 40:59 at the stations and 7:07 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:11) and the shortest the sled push (2:37).Below, John · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 51:49 running, 44:43 at the stations and 5:14 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:56).
See the numbers
| Part | Paul · Vienna 2025 · Open Men | John · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:23 | 4:54 |
| SkiErg | 4:37 | 4:38 |
| Run 2 | 5:39 | 6:44 |
| Sled push | 2:37 | 4:13 |
| Run 3 | 6:12 | 5:47 |
| Sled pull | 5:05 | 5:44 |
| Run 4 | 6:24 | 7:16 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:41 | 6:51 |
| Run 5 | 6:39 | 7:18 |
| Row | 5:23 | 5:02 |
| Run 6 | 6:30 | 7:30 |
| Farmers carry | 2:40 | 3:51 |
| Run 7 | 6:14 | 5:16 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:45 | 6:29 |
| Run 8 | 7:25 | 7:04 |
| Wall balls | 8:11 | 7:56 |
| Roxzone | 7:07 | 5:14 |
| Finish | 1:38:26 | 1:41:44 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Paul | John | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 | 1:41:46 | 1:41:44 | 0:02 · John faster |
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