Robert vs Thomas

AUS AUS · Open Men · 2 results

Robert Balakas

1:40:46 best Open Men time · Melbourne 2024
2182nd of 2,673 place in that race · 2,673 Open Men finishers
AUS AUS · Open Men · 2 results

Thomas Lando

1:43:12 best Open Men time · Sydney 2026
2719th of 3,324 place in that race · 3,324 Open Men finishers

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

Robert: Melbourne 2024, Open Men · Thomas: Sydney 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Robert and Thomas sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Robert: strongest on Runs (faster than 45% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 1%).Thomas: strongest on Runs (faster than 32% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 4%).

See the numbers
Part Robert: faster than Thomas: faster than
Ski 4% 10%
Push 1% 6%
Pull 3% 17%
BBJ 15% 13%
Row 11% 24%
Carry 14% 4%
Lunges 13% 9%
Wall balls 23% 19%
Roxzone 26% 31%
Runs 45% 32%

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

Part by part

Part Robert Thomas
SkiErg 4% 10%
Sled push 1% 6%
Sled pull 3% 17%
Burpee broad jump 15% 13%
Row 11% 24%
Farmers carry 14% 4%
Sandbag lunges 13% 9%
Wall balls 23% 19%
Roxzone (moving) 26% 31%
Runs (8 km) 45% 32%

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

Robert · Melbourne 2024 · Open Men1:40:46
2:565:004:594:085:208:365:307:325:405:215:332:435:417:266:587:409:50
Thomas · Sydney 2026 · Open Men1:43:12
4:384:594:563:535:105:465:088:195:265:045:143:305:109:087:309:469:44
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.Robert · Melbourne 2024 · Open Men: 42:37 running, 48:26 at the stations and 9:50 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sled pull (8:36).Below, Thomas · Sydney 2026 · Open Men: 43:11 running, 50:25 at the stations and 9:44 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:46).

See the numbers
Part Robert · Melbourne 2024 · Open Men Thomas · Sydney 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 2:56 4:38
SkiErg 5:00 4:59
Run 2 4:59 4:56
Sled push 4:08 3:53
Run 3 5:20 5:10
Sled pull 8:36 5:46
Run 4 5:30 5:08
Burpee broad jump 7:32 8:19
Run 5 5:40 5:26
Row 5:21 5:04
Run 6 5:33 5:14
Farmers carry 2:43 3:30
Run 7 5:41 5:10
Sandbag lunges 7:26 9:08
Run 8 6:58 7:30
Wall balls 7:40 9:46
Roxzone 9:50 9:44
Finish 1:40:46 1:43:12

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Robert Thomas Gap
Sydney 2026 Open Men · 1 Jul 2026 1:43:12 1:43:12 level
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