Sam vs Chris

GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Sam Blood

1:14:59 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
702nd of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 5 results

Chris Irons

1:14:59 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
703rd of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers

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

Sam: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · Chris: Cardiff 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Sam and Chris sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Sam: strongest on BBJ (faster than 86% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 29%).Chris: strongest on Pull (faster than 84% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 50%).

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Part Sam: faster than Chris: faster than
Ski 62% 58%
Push 29% 74%
Pull 82% 84%
BBJ 86% 54%
Row 49% 76%
Carry 83% 63%
Lunges 85% 50%
Wall balls 54% 61%
Roxzone 80% 73%
Runs 70% 80%

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

Part by part

Part Sam Chris
SkiErg 62% 58%
Sled push 29% 74%
Sled pull 82% 84%
Burpee broad jump 86% 54%
Row 49% 76%
Farmers carry 83% 63%
Sandbag lunges 85% 50%
Wall balls 54% 61%
Roxzone (moving) 80% 73%
Runs (8 km) 70% 80%

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

Sam · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:14:59
5:044:294:353:294:503:364:454:174:574:504:492:124:183:535:186:353:06
Chris · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:14:59
4:584:314:192:434:373:334:355:404:364:344:382:314:095:025:076:123:17
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.Sam · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 38:36 running, 33:20 at the stations and 3:06 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:35).Below, Chris · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 36:59 running, 34:47 at the stations and 3:17 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:12).

See the numbers
Part Sam · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men Chris · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:04 4:58
SkiErg 4:29 4:31
Run 2 4:35 4:19
Sled push 3:29 2:43
Run 3 4:50 4:37
Sled pull 3:36 3:33
Run 4 4:45 4:35
Burpee broad jump 4:17 5:40
Run 5 4:57 4:36
Row 4:50 4:34
Run 6 4:49 4:38
Farmers carry 2:12 2:31
Run 7 4:18 4:09
Sandbag lunges 3:53 5:02
Run 8 5:18 5:07
Wall balls 6:35 6:12
Roxzone 3:06 3:17
Finish 1:14:59 1:14:59

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Sam Chris Gap
Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 1:14:59 1:14:59 level
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