Richard vs John
GBR · Open Men · 13 results Richard Smith
SUI · Open Men · 4 results John Bruelhart
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Richard: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men · John: Helsinki 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Richard and John sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Richard: strongest on Ski (faster than 93% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 11%).John: strongest on Push (faster than 96% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 33%).
See the numbers
| Part | Richard: faster than | John: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 93% | 41% |
| Push | 11% | 96% |
| Pull | 55% | 39% |
| BBJ | 74% | 53% |
| Row | 67% | 53% |
| Carry | 44% | 55% |
| Lunges | 28% | 37% |
| Wall balls | 85% | 33% |
| Roxzone | 65% | 63% |
| Runs | 65% | 54% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Richard | John |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 93% | 41% |
| Sled push | 11% | 96% |
| Sled pull | 55% | 39% |
| Burpee broad jump | 74% | 53% |
| Row | 67% | 53% |
| Farmers carry | 44% | 55% |
| Sandbag lunges | 28% | 37% |
| Wall balls | 85% | 33% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 65% | 63% |
| Runs (8 km) | 65% | 54% |
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.Richard · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 31:27 running, 35:35 at the stations and 10:54 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (6:05).Below, John · Helsinki 2026 · Open Men: 40:34 running, 35:56 at the stations and 6:12 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:42) and the shortest the sled push (1:51).
See the numbers
| Part | Richard · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men | John · Helsinki 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 2:46 | 5:22 |
| SkiErg | 4:25 | 4:39 |
| Run 2 | 3:35 | 4:38 |
| Sled push | 3:39 | 1:51 |
| Run 3 | 3:41 | 5:01 |
| Sled pull | 4:40 | 4:36 |
| Run 4 | 3:47 | 4:57 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:33 | 5:06 |
| Run 5 | 3:55 | 4:58 |
| Row | 4:46 | 4:43 |
| Run 6 | 4:01 | 4:47 |
| Farmers carry | 2:07 | 1:55 |
| Run 7 | 4:01 | 4:54 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:05 | 5:24 |
| Run 8 | 5:41 | 5:57 |
| Wall balls | 5:19 | 7:42 |
| Roxzone | 10:54 | 6:12 |
| Finish | 1:17:48 | 1:22:34 |
Head to head: 3 races they both ran
| Race | Richard | John | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karlsruhe 2026 Open Men · 1 Oct 2026 | 1:24:37 | 1:24:37 | level |
| Málaga 2026 Open Men · 18 Apr 2026 | 1:36:21 | 1:24:05 | 12:16 · John faster |
| Málaga 2026 Open Men · 18 Apr 2026 | 1:29:52 | 1:24:05 | 5:47 · John faster |
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