Richard vs John
Richard Ward
John Paterson
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Richard: Birmingham 2024, Open Men · John: Glasgow 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Richard and John sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Richard: strongest on BBJ (faster than 46% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 7%).John: strongest on Ski (faster than 85% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 3%).
See the numbers
| Part | Richard: faster than | John: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 13% | 85% |
| Push | 9% | 43% |
| Pull | 7% | 55% |
| BBJ | 46% | 7% |
| Row | 18% | 28% |
| Carry | 9% | 13% |
| Lunges | 24% | 31% |
| Wall balls | 27% | 13% |
| Roxzone | 44% | 3% |
| Runs | 24% | 9% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Richard | John |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 13% | 85% |
| Sled push | 9% | 43% |
| Sled pull | 7% | 55% |
| Burpee broad jump | 46% | 7% |
| Row | 18% | 28% |
| Farmers carry | 9% | 13% |
| Sandbag lunges | 24% | 31% |
| Wall balls | 27% | 13% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 44% | 3% |
| Runs (8 km) | 24% | 9% |
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.Richard · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men: 45:32 running, 44:12 at the stations and 7:48 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:05).Below, John · Glasgow 2025 · Open Men: 53:15 running, 43:08 at the stations and 9:03 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:28).
See the numbers
| Part | Richard · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men | John · Glasgow 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:31 | 4:21 |
| SkiErg | 4:47 | 4:07 |
| Run 2 | 4:52 | 6:07 |
| Sled push | 3:49 | 2:59 |
| Run 3 | 5:32 | 6:21 |
| Sled pull | 7:06 | 4:16 |
| Run 4 | 5:47 | 7:22 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:01 | 8:53 |
| Run 5 | 5:45 | 8:14 |
| Row | 5:11 | 4:58 |
| Run 6 | 5:39 | 7:07 |
| Farmers carry | 3:01 | 2:43 |
| Run 7 | 6:01 | 7:05 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:12 | 5:43 |
| Run 8 | 6:25 | 6:38 |
| Wall balls | 8:05 | 9:28 |
| Roxzone | 7:48 | 9:03 |
| Finish | 1:37:25 | 1:45:17 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Richard | John | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glasgow 2025 Open Men · 12 Mar 2025 | 1:45:17 | 1:45:17 | level |
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