Joe vs Shan

GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Joe Walker

2:06:42 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
2633rd of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Shan Ali

2:06:35 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
2632nd of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers

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

Joe: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · Shan: Cardiff 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Joe and Shan sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Joe: strongest on Carry (faster than 25% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 1%).Shan: strongest on Carry (faster than 19% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 1%).

See the numbers
Part Joe: faster than Shan: faster than
Ski 19% 11%
Push 25% 2%
Pull 7% 4%
BBJ 4% 5%
Row 1% 8%
Carry 25% 19%
Lunges 10% 9%
Wall balls 5% 1%
Roxzone 5% 4%
Runs 3% 7%

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

Part by part

Part Joe Shan
SkiErg 19% 11%
Sled push 25% 2%
Sled pull 7% 4%
Burpee broad jump 4% 5%
Row 1% 8%
Farmers carry 25% 19%
Sandbag lunges 10% 9%
Wall balls 5% 1%
Roxzone (moving) 5% 4%
Runs (8 km) 3% 7%

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

Joe · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men2:06:42
6:134:546:063:368:136:3310:3410:529:316:208:143:145:577:357:5812:577:57
Shan · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men2:06:35
6:115:025:325:346:216:596:5010:297:105:367:463:256:567:449:3316:468:45
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.Joe · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 1:02:47 running, 56:01 at the stations and 7:57 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (12:57).Below, Shan · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 56:19 running, 1:01:35 at the stations and 8:45 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (16:46).

See the numbers
Part Joe · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men Shan · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 6:13 6:11
SkiErg 4:54 5:02
Run 2 6:06 5:32
Sled push 3:36 5:34
Run 3 8:13 6:21
Sled pull 6:33 6:59
Run 4 10:34 6:50
Burpee broad jump 10:52 10:29
Run 5 9:31 7:10
Row 6:20 5:36
Run 6 8:14 7:46
Farmers carry 3:14 3:25
Run 7 5:57 6:56
Sandbag lunges 7:35 7:44
Run 8 7:58 9:33
Wall balls 12:57 16:46
Roxzone 7:57 8:45
Finish 2:06:42 2:06:35

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Joe Shan Gap
Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 2:06:42 2:06:35 0:07 · Shan faster
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