Mark vs Sam
GBR · Open Men · 2 results Mark Blackman
GBR · Open Men · 4 results Sam Donnelly
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Mark: Birmingham 2025, Open Men · Sam: Manchester 2024, Open Men
This chart shows where Mark and Sam sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Mark: strongest on Push (faster than 68% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 12%).Sam: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 81% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 19%).
See the numbers
| Part | Mark: faster than | Sam: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 45% | 81% |
| Push | 68% | 19% |
| Pull | 32% | 62% |
| BBJ | 31% | 36% |
| Row | 12% | 51% |
| Carry | 26% | 47% |
| Lunges | 22% | 57% |
| Wall balls | 21% | 81% |
| Roxzone | 17% | 22% |
| Runs | 42% | 53% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Mark | Sam |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 45% | 81% |
| Sled push | 68% | 19% |
| Sled pull | 32% | 62% |
| Burpee broad jump | 31% | 36% |
| Row | 12% | 51% |
| Farmers carry | 26% | 47% |
| Sandbag lunges | 22% | 57% |
| Wall balls | 21% | 81% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 17% | 22% |
| Runs (8 km) | 42% | 53% |
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.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).Below, 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).
See the numbers
| Part | Mark · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men | Sam · Manchester 2024 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:39 | 3:21 |
| SkiErg | 4:32 | 4:03 |
| Run 2 | 4:46 | 5:02 |
| Sled push | 2:52 | 2:57 |
| Run 3 | 5:15 | 5:26 |
| Sled pull | 5:36 | 4:03 |
| Run 4 | 4:58 | 5:15 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:34 | 5:41 |
| Run 5 | 5:02 | 5:13 |
| Row | 5:23 | 4:35 |
| Run 6 | 5:07 | 5:03 |
| Farmers carry | 2:33 | 2:00 |
| Run 7 | 4:46 | 5:09 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:29 | 4:44 |
| Run 8 | 5:42 | 6:01 |
| Wall balls | 9:38 | 4:48 |
| Roxzone | 8:39 | 7:00 |
| Finish | 1:33:25 | 1:20:12 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Mark | Sam | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham 2025 Open Men · 22 Oct 2025 | 1:33:25 | 1:33:25 | level |
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