Steven vs Russell
Steven Blight
Russell Pountney
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Steven: London 2024, Open Men · Russell: Birmingham 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Steven and Russell sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Steven: strongest on Carry (faster than 97% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 36%).Russell: strongest on Lunges (faster than 92% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 37%).
See the numbers
| Part | Steven: faster than | Russell: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 36% | 41% |
| Push | 42% | 61% |
| Pull | 50% | 91% |
| BBJ | 92% | 72% |
| Row | 50% | 60% |
| Carry | 97% | 71% |
| Lunges | 63% | 92% |
| Wall balls | 60% | 80% |
| Roxzone | 56% | 68% |
| Runs | 71% | 37% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Steven | Russell |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 36% | 41% |
| Sled push | 42% | 61% |
| Sled pull | 50% | 91% |
| Burpee broad jump | 92% | 72% |
| Row | 50% | 60% |
| Farmers carry | 97% | 71% |
| Sandbag lunges | 63% | 92% |
| Wall balls | 60% | 80% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 56% | 68% |
| Runs (8 km) | 71% | 37% |
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.Steven · London 2024 · Open Men: 36:45 running, 33:49 at the stations and 7:23 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:14).Below, Russell · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 42:21 running, 32:09 at the stations and 5:55 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:40).
See the numbers
| Part | Steven · London 2024 · Open Men | Russell · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:57 | 5:46 |
| SkiErg | 4:32 | 4:34 |
| Run 2 | 4:11 | 4:57 |
| Sled push | 3:12 | 3:02 |
| Run 3 | 4:20 | 5:12 |
| Sled pull | 5:03 | 3:49 |
| Run 4 | 4:23 | 5:10 |
| Burpee broad jump | 3:53 | 4:43 |
| Run 5 | 4:30 | 5:20 |
| Row | 4:48 | 4:43 |
| Run 6 | 4:20 | 5:12 |
| Farmers carry | 1:29 | 1:54 |
| Run 7 | 4:23 | 5:20 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:39 | 3:43 |
| Run 8 | 4:42 | 5:24 |
| Wall balls | 6:14 | 5:40 |
| Roxzone | 7:23 | 5:55 |
| Finish | 1:17:52 | 1:20:14 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Steven | Russell | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London ExCeL 2025 Pro Men · 4 Dec 2025 | 1:27:52 | 1:27:46 | 0:06 · Russell faster |
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