Mervin vs Sam
GBR · Open Men · 7 results Mervin Devar
GBR · Open Men · 6 results Sam Parsons
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Mervin: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men · Sam: London 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Mervin and Sam sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Mervin: strongest on Carry (faster than 65% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 10%).Sam: strongest on Carry (faster than 93% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 43%).
See the numbers
| Part | Mervin: faster than | Sam: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 10% | 53% |
| Push | 19% | 43% |
| Pull | 29% | 61% |
| BBJ | 22% | 68% |
| Row | 18% | 69% |
| Carry | 65% | 93% |
| Lunges | 51% | 61% |
| Wall balls | 36% | 87% |
| Roxzone | 47% | 74% |
| Runs | 46% | 70% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Mervin | Sam |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 10% | 53% |
| Sled push | 19% | 43% |
| Sled pull | 29% | 61% |
| Burpee broad jump | 22% | 68% |
| Row | 18% | 69% |
| Farmers carry | 65% | 93% |
| Sandbag lunges | 51% | 61% |
| Wall balls | 36% | 87% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 47% | 74% |
| Runs (8 km) | 46% | 70% |
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.Mervin · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 33:56 running, 41:56 at the stations and 11:56 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:18).Below, Sam · London 2025 · Open Men: 37:07 running, 32:01 at the stations and 4:39 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:14).
See the numbers
| Part | Mervin · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men | Sam · London 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:29 | 4:26 |
| SkiErg | 5:20 | 4:21 |
| Run 2 | 4:00 | 4:16 |
| Sled push | 3:22 | 2:55 |
| Run 3 | 3:46 | 4:30 |
| Sled pull | 5:26 | 4:05 |
| Run 4 | 3:55 | 4:25 |
| Burpee broad jump | 7:06 | 4:33 |
| Run 5 | 4:01 | 4:38 |
| Row | 5:21 | 4:32 |
| Run 6 | 4:22 | 4:28 |
| Farmers carry | 1:54 | 1:35 |
| Run 7 | 4:17 | 4:25 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:09 | 4:47 |
| Run 8 | 6:06 | 5:58 |
| Wall balls | 8:18 | 5:14 |
| Roxzone | 11:56 | 4:39 |
| Finish | 1:27:42 | 1:13:40 |
Head to head: 2 races they both ran
| Race | Mervin | Sam | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff 2026 Doubles Men · 29 Apr 2026 | 1:21:04 | 1:03:38 | 17:26 · Sam faster |
| London Olympia 2026 Open Men · 24 Mar 2026 | 1:28:01 | 1:27:58 | 0:03 · Sam faster |
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