Adam vs Gary

IRL IRL · Open Men · 2 results

Adam Howley

1:40:25 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2024
2216th of 2,732 place in that race · 2,732 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 3 results

Gary Cottam

1:38:50 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2025
3099th of 3,945 place in that race · 3,945 Open Men finishers

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

Adam: Birmingham 2024, Open Men · Gary: Birmingham 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Adam and Gary sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Adam: strongest on BBJ (faster than 46% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 6%).Gary: strongest on BBJ (faster than 60% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 4%).

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Part Adam: faster than Gary: faster than
Ski 21% 10%
Push 6% 38%
Pull 17% 41%
BBJ 46% 60%
Row 34% 27%
Carry 8% 4%
Lunges 33% 13%
Wall balls 18% 18%
Roxzone 31% 33%
Runs 16% 20%

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

Part by part

Part Adam Gary
SkiErg 21% 10%
Sled push 6% 38%
Sled pull 17% 41%
Burpee broad jump 46% 60%
Row 34% 27%
Farmers carry 8% 4%
Sandbag lunges 33% 13%
Wall balls 18% 18%
Roxzone (moving) 31% 33%
Runs (8 km) 16% 20%

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

Adam · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men1:40:25
5:244:405:034:075:326:105:496:006:024:576:223:066:275:447:199:108:42
Gary · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men1:38:50
6:265:005:253:355:275:195:365:125:415:055:393:425:487:156:1610:087:26
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.Adam · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men: 47:58 running, 43:55 at the stations and 8:42 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:10).Below, Gary · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 46:18 running, 45:16 at the stations and 7:26 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:08) and the shortest the sled push (3:35).

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Part Adam · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men Gary · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 5:24 6:26
SkiErg 4:40 5:00
Run 2 5:03 5:25
Sled push 4:07 3:35
Run 3 5:32 5:27
Sled pull 6:10 5:19
Run 4 5:49 5:36
Burpee broad jump 6:00 5:12
Run 5 6:02 5:41
Row 4:57 5:05
Run 6 6:22 5:39
Farmers carry 3:06 3:42
Run 7 6:27 5:48
Sandbag lunges 5:44 7:15
Run 8 7:19 6:16
Wall balls 9:10 10:08
Roxzone 8:42 7:26
Finish 1:40:25 1:38:50

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Adam Gary Gap
Birmingham 2024 Open Men · 25 Oct 2024 1:40:25 1:40:18 0:07 · Gary faster
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