Chris vs Damien

GBR GBR · Open Men · 8 results

Chris Markey

1:14:10 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
628th of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 8 results

Damien Thomas

1:15:05 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
1038th of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers

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

Chris: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · Damien: Birmingham Birm, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Chris and Damien sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Chris: strongest on Runs (faster than 86% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 43%).Damien: strongest on Row (faster than 83% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 46%).

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Part Chris: faster than Damien: faster than
Ski 56% 46%
Push 70% 75%
Pull 68% 78%
BBJ 74% 78%
Row 48% 83%
Carry 43% 47%
Lunges 60% 70%
Wall balls 48% 62%
Roxzone 84% 76%
Runs 86% 68%

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

Part by part

Part Chris Damien
SkiErg 56% 46%
Sled push 70% 75%
Sled pull 68% 78%
Burpee broad jump 74% 78%
Row 48% 83%
Farmers carry 43% 47%
Sandbag lunges 60% 70%
Wall balls 48% 62%
Roxzone (moving) 84% 76%
Runs (8 km) 86% 68%

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

Chris · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:14:10
4:264:324:122:464:273:574:164:494:334:514:362:514:154:425:086:523:00
Damien · Birmingham Birm · Open Men1:15:05
4:554:354:292:574:503:524:314:214:234:294:302:104:174:314:356:235:25
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.Chris · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 35:53 running, 35:20 at the stations and 3:00 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:52) and the shortest the sled push (2:46).Below, Damien · Birmingham Birm · Open Men: 36:29 running, 33:18 at the stations and 5:25 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:23).

See the numbers
Part Chris · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men Damien · Birmingham Birm · Open Men
Run 1 4:26 4:55
SkiErg 4:32 4:35
Run 2 4:12 4:29
Sled push 2:46 2:57
Run 3 4:27 4:50
Sled pull 3:57 3:52
Run 4 4:16 4:31
Burpee broad jump 4:49 4:21
Run 5 4:33 4:23
Row 4:51 4:29
Run 6 4:36 4:30
Farmers carry 2:51 2:10
Run 7 4:15 4:17
Sandbag lunges 4:42 4:31
Run 8 5:08 4:35
Wall balls 6:52 6:23
Roxzone 3:00 5:25
Finish 1:14:10 1:15:05

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Chris Damien Gap
Birmingham Birm Open Men · 27 Oct 2026 1:15:05 1:15:05 level
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