Paul vs Sam
Paul Calboutin
Sam Burton
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Paul: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · Sam: Birmingham 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Paul and Sam sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Paul: strongest on Carry (faster than 70% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 9%).Sam: strongest on Ski (faster than 66% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 26%).
See the numbers
| Part | Paul: faster than | Sam: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 21% | 66% |
| Push | 45% | 32% |
| Pull | 41% | 32% |
| BBJ | 51% | 65% |
| Row | 29% | 41% |
| Carry | 70% | 26% |
| Lunges | 31% | 36% |
| Wall balls | 9% | 30% |
| Roxzone | 54% | 48% |
| Runs | 28% | 50% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Paul | Sam |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 21% | 66% |
| Sled push | 45% | 32% |
| Sled pull | 41% | 32% |
| Burpee broad jump | 51% | 65% |
| Row | 29% | 41% |
| Farmers carry | 70% | 26% |
| Sandbag lunges | 31% | 36% |
| Wall balls | 9% | 30% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 54% | 48% |
| Runs (8 km) | 28% | 50% |
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 · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 46:20 running, 43:09 at the stations and 3:50 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (11:25).Below, Sam · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 40:00 running, 40:44 at the stations and 6:46 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:43).
See the numbers
| Part | Paul · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men | Sam · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:28 | 5:12 |
| SkiErg | 4:52 | 4:23 |
| Run 2 | 5:01 | 4:34 |
| Sled push | 3:11 | 3:46 |
| Run 3 | 5:18 | 5:01 |
| Sled pull | 4:38 | 5:38 |
| Run 4 | 5:28 | 4:47 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:48 | 5:01 |
| Run 5 | 7:23 | 5:05 |
| Row | 5:05 | 4:55 |
| Run 6 | 5:46 | 4:55 |
| Farmers carry | 2:25 | 2:34 |
| Run 7 | 5:26 | 5:02 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:45 | 5:44 |
| Run 8 | 6:30 | 5:24 |
| Wall balls | 11:25 | 8:43 |
| Roxzone | 3:50 | 6:46 |
| Finish | 1:33:16 | 1:27:21 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Paul | Sam | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 | 1:33:16 | 1:33:14 | 0:02 · Sam faster |
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