Brian vs Stephen

GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Brian Vallely

1:22:31 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
1267th of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 5 results

Stephen Parkinson

1:13:54 best Open Men time · Lyon 2026
666th of 3,441 place in that race · 3,441 Open Men finishers

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

Brian: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · Stephen: Lyon 2026, Open Men

top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
BrianStephenedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Brian and Stephen 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%).Stephen: strongest on Pull (faster than 93% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 49%).

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Part Brian: faster than Stephen: faster than
Ski 49% 90%
Push 51% 82%
Pull 50% 93%
BBJ 39% 80%
Row 75% 67%
Carry 51% 59%
Lunges 48% 80%
Wall balls 54% 74%
Roxzone 49% 49%
Runs 53% 78%

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

Part by part

Part Brian Stephen
SkiErg 49% 90%
Sled push 51% 82%
Sled pull 50% 93%
Burpee broad jump 39% 80%
Row 75% 67%
Farmers carry 51% 59%
Sandbag lunges 48% 80%
Wall balls 54% 74%
Roxzone (moving) 49% 49%
Runs (8 km) 53% 78%

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

Brian · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:22:31
5:074:354:423:044:514:225:016:225:114:355:282:424:575:065:566:354:01
Stephen · Lyon 2026 · Open Men1:13:54
2:574:134:123:074:323:524:444:184:274:394:282:054:204:134:415:407:34
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.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, Stephen · Lyon 2026 · Open Men: 34:20 running, 32:08 at the stations and 7:34 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:40).

See the numbers
Part Brian · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men Stephen · Lyon 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:07 2:57
SkiErg 4:35 4:13
Run 2 4:42 4:12
Sled push 3:04 3:07
Run 3 4:51 4:32
Sled pull 4:22 3:52
Run 4 5:01 4:44
Burpee broad jump 6:22 4:18
Run 5 5:11 4:27
Row 4:35 4:39
Run 6 5:28 4:28
Farmers carry 2:42 2:05
Run 7 4:57 4:20
Sandbag lunges 5:06 4:13
Run 8 5:56 4:41
Wall balls 6:35 5:40
Roxzone 4:01 7:34
Finish 1:22:31 1:13:54

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Brian Stephen Gap
Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 1:22:31 1:22:31 level
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