Russell vs Gary
Russell Pountney
Gary Weston
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Russell: Birmingham 2025, Open Men · Gary: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Russell and Gary sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Russell: strongest on Lunges (faster than 92% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 37%).Gary: strongest on Carry (faster than 72% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 34%).
See the numbers
| Part | Russell: faster than | Gary: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 41% | 62% |
| Push | 61% | 55% |
| Pull | 91% | 66% |
| BBJ | 72% | 40% |
| Row | 60% | 47% |
| Carry | 71% | 72% |
| Lunges | 92% | 34% |
| Wall balls | 80% | 37% |
| Roxzone | 68% | 47% |
| Runs | 37% | 62% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Russell | Gary |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 41% | 62% |
| Sled push | 61% | 55% |
| Sled pull | 91% | 66% |
| Burpee broad jump | 72% | 40% |
| Row | 60% | 47% |
| Farmers carry | 71% | 72% |
| Sandbag lunges | 92% | 34% |
| Wall balls | 80% | 37% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 68% | 47% |
| Runs (8 km) | 37% | 62% |
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.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).Below, Gary · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 31:56 running, 38:35 at the stations and 11:53 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:12).
See the numbers
| Part | Russell · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men | Gary · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:46 | 3:07 |
| SkiErg | 4:34 | 4:44 |
| Run 2 | 4:57 | 3:48 |
| Sled push | 3:02 | 2:44 |
| Run 3 | 5:12 | 4:04 |
| Sled pull | 3:49 | 4:24 |
| Run 4 | 5:10 | 3:53 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:43 | 5:56 |
| Run 5 | 5:20 | 3:56 |
| Row | 4:43 | 4:58 |
| Run 6 | 5:12 | 3:54 |
| Farmers carry | 1:54 | 1:49 |
| Run 7 | 5:20 | 3:55 |
| Sandbag lunges | 3:43 | 5:48 |
| Run 8 | 5:24 | 5:19 |
| Wall balls | 5:40 | 8:12 |
| Roxzone | 5:55 | 11:53 |
| Finish | 1:20:14 | 1:22:14 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Russell | Gary | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff 2026 Pro Men · 29 Apr 2026 | 1:27:37 | 1:27:42 | 0:05 · Russell faster |
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