Stephen vs Frank

GBR GBR · Open Men · 5 results

Stephen Porthouse

1:29:05 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
2386th of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 3 results

Frank Brooks

1:29:07 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
2388th of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers

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

Stephen: Birmingham Birm, Open Men · Frank: Birmingham Birm, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Stephen and Frank sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Stephen: strongest on Push (faster than 74% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 29%).Frank: strongest on Carry (faster than 91% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 11%).

See the numbers
Part Stephen: faster than Frank: faster than
Ski 68% 83%
Push 74% 77%
Pull 33% 44%
BBJ 35% 29%
Row 73% 37%
Carry 53% 91%
Lunges 63% 79%
Wall balls 32% 45%
Roxzone 29% 11%
Runs 31% 30%

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

Part by part

Part Stephen Frank
SkiErg 68% 83%
Sled push 74% 77%
Sled pull 33% 44%
Burpee broad jump 35% 29%
Row 73% 37%
Farmers carry 53% 91%
Sandbag lunges 63% 79%
Wall balls 32% 45%
Roxzone (moving) 29% 11%
Runs (8 km) 31% 30%

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

Stephen · Birmingham Birm · Open Men1:29:05
5:124:254:412:585:215:085:246:175:484:355:262:065:184:445:588:207:31
Frank · Birmingham Birm · Open Men1:29:07
4:524:184:342:555:244:475:206:355:554:585:201:375:444:126:187:249:04
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.Stephen · Birmingham Birm · Open Men: 43:08 running, 38:32 at the stations and 7:31 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:20).Below, Frank · Birmingham Birm · Open Men: 43:27 running, 36:46 at the stations and 9:04 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:24).

See the numbers
Part Stephen · Birmingham Birm · Open Men Frank · Birmingham Birm · Open Men
Run 1 5:12 4:52
SkiErg 4:25 4:18
Run 2 4:41 4:34
Sled push 2:58 2:55
Run 3 5:21 5:24
Sled pull 5:08 4:47
Run 4 5:24 5:20
Burpee broad jump 6:17 6:35
Run 5 5:48 5:55
Row 4:35 4:58
Run 6 5:26 5:20
Farmers carry 2:06 1:37
Run 7 5:18 5:44
Sandbag lunges 4:44 4:12
Run 8 5:58 6:18
Wall balls 8:20 7:24
Roxzone 7:31 9:04
Finish 1:29:05 1:29:07

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Stephen Frank Gap
Birmingham Birm Open Men · 31 Oct 2026 1:29:05 1:29:07 0:02 · Stephen faster
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