Brian vs Thomas
GBR · Open Men · 1 result Brian Vallely
GBR · Open Men · 2 results Thomas Macfadyen
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Brian: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · Thomas: Cardiff 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Brian and Thomas sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Brian: strongest on Row (faster than 75% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 39%).Thomas: strongest on Ski (faster than 76% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 26%).
See the numbers
| Part | Brian: faster than | Thomas: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 49% | 76% |
| Push | 51% | 58% |
| Pull | 50% | 38% |
| BBJ | 39% | 41% |
| Row | 75% | 29% |
| Carry | 51% | 31% |
| Lunges | 48% | 74% |
| Wall balls | 54% | 76% |
| Roxzone | 49% | 26% |
| Runs | 53% | 52% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Brian | Thomas |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 49% | 76% |
| Sled push | 51% | 58% |
| Sled pull | 50% | 38% |
| Burpee broad jump | 39% | 41% |
| Row | 75% | 29% |
| Farmers carry | 51% | 31% |
| Sandbag lunges | 48% | 74% |
| Wall balls | 54% | 76% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 49% | 26% |
| Runs (8 km) | 53% | 52% |
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.Brian · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 41:13 running, 37:21 at the stations and 4:01 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:35).Below, Thomas · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 41:25 running, 36:10 at the stations and 5:01 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (6:15) and the shortest the sled push (2:58).
See the numbers
| Part | Brian · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men | Thomas · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:07 | 4:57 |
| SkiErg | 4:35 | 4:23 |
| Run 2 | 4:42 | 4:39 |
| Sled push | 3:04 | 2:58 |
| Run 3 | 4:51 | 4:53 |
| Sled pull | 4:22 | 4:43 |
| Run 4 | 5:01 | 4:53 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:22 | 6:15 |
| Run 5 | 5:11 | 5:02 |
| Row | 4:35 | 5:05 |
| Run 6 | 5:28 | 7:04 |
| Farmers carry | 2:42 | 3:06 |
| Run 7 | 4:57 | 4:34 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:06 | 4:16 |
| Run 8 | 5:56 | 5:23 |
| Wall balls | 6:35 | 5:24 |
| Roxzone | 4:01 | 5:01 |
| Finish | 1:22:31 | 1:22:32 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Brian | Thomas | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 | 1:22:31 | 1:22:32 | 0:01 · Brian faster |
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