Adam vs Paul

RSA RSA · Open Men · 1 result

Adam Grundy

1:16:07 best Open Men time · Sydney 2026
828th of 3,324 place in that race · 3,324 Open Men finishers
NZL NZL · Open Men · 8 results

Paul Bowman

1:16:07 best Open Men time · Sydney 2026
830th of 3,324 place in that race · 3,324 Open Men finishers

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

Adam: Sydney 2026, Open Men · Paul: Sydney 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Adam and Paul sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Adam: strongest on Push (faster than 96% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 40%).Paul: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 93% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 23%).

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Part Adam: faster than Paul: faster than
Ski 68% 62%
Push 96% 29%
Pull 90% 82%
BBJ 80% 55%
Row 91% 77%
Carry 91% 64%
Lunges 40% 63%
Wall balls 73% 23%
Roxzone 70% 93%
Runs 68% 90%

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

Part by part

Part Adam Paul
SkiErg 68% 62%
Sled push 96% 29%
Sled pull 90% 82%
Burpee broad jump 80% 55%
Row 91% 77%
Farmers carry 91% 64%
Sandbag lunges 40% 63%
Wall balls 73% 23%
Roxzone (moving) 70% 93%
Runs (8 km) 68% 90%

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

Adam · Sydney 2026 · Open Men1:16:07
4:014:184:221:514:423:254:314:334:324:204:221:344:246:015:505:447:46
Paul · Sydney 2026 · Open Men1:16:07
3:444:213:452:563:513:413:535:283:584:303:571:553:575:065:259:136:36
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.Adam · Sydney 2026 · Open Men: 36:44 running, 31:46 at the stations and 7:46 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (6:01).Below, Paul · Sydney 2026 · Open Men: 32:30 running, 37:10 at the stations and 6:36 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:13).

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Part Adam · Sydney 2026 · Open Men Paul · Sydney 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:01 3:44
SkiErg 4:18 4:21
Run 2 4:22 3:45
Sled push 1:51 2:56
Run 3 4:42 3:51
Sled pull 3:25 3:41
Run 4 4:31 3:53
Burpee broad jump 4:33 5:28
Run 5 4:32 3:58
Row 4:20 4:30
Run 6 4:22 3:57
Farmers carry 1:34 1:55
Run 7 4:24 3:57
Sandbag lunges 6:01 5:06
Run 8 5:50 5:25
Wall balls 5:44 9:13
Roxzone 7:46 6:36
Finish 1:16:07 1:16:07

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Adam Paul Gap
Sydney 2026 Open Men · 1 Jul 2026 1:16:07 1:16:07 level
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