Ken vs John

GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Ken Sam

1:39:35 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2025
3123rd of 3,945 place in that race · 3,945 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 6 results

John Wistow

1:55:07 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
2551st of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers

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

Ken: Birmingham 2025, Open Men · John: Cardiff 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Ken and John sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Ken: strongest on Push (faster than 54% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 12%).John: strongest on Push (faster than 45% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 5%).

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Part Ken: faster than John: faster than
Ski 22% 39%
Push 54% 45%
Pull 48% 19%
BBJ 13% 5%
Row 47% 12%
Carry 34% 9%
Lunges 22% 7%
Wall balls 42% 7%
Roxzone 31% 12%
Runs 12% 7%

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

Part by part

Part Ken John
SkiErg 22% 39%
Sled push 54% 45%
Sled pull 48% 19%
Burpee broad jump 13% 5%
Row 47% 12%
Farmers carry 34% 9%
Sandbag lunges 22% 7%
Wall balls 42% 7%
Roxzone (moving) 31% 12%
Runs (8 km) 12% 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

Ken · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men1:39:35
6:024:465:403:115:555:066:238:076:294:516:212:246:226:296:147:507:33
John · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:55:07
6:074:407:333:116:295:245:5610:278:455:276:384:005:538:058:2211:576:17
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.Ken · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 49:26 running, 42:44 at the stations and 7:33 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (8:07).Below, John · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 55:43 running, 53:11 at the stations and 6:17 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (11:57) and the shortest the sled push (3:11).

See the numbers
Part Ken · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men John · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 6:02 6:07
SkiErg 4:46 4:40
Run 2 5:40 7:33
Sled push 3:11 3:11
Run 3 5:55 6:29
Sled pull 5:06 5:24
Run 4 6:23 5:56
Burpee broad jump 8:07 10:27
Run 5 6:29 8:45
Row 4:51 5:27
Run 6 6:21 6:38
Farmers carry 2:24 4:00
Run 7 6:22 5:53
Sandbag lunges 6:29 8:05
Run 8 6:14 8:22
Wall balls 7:50 11:57
Roxzone 7:33 6:17
Finish 1:39:35 1:55:07

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Ken John Gap
Manchester 2026 Open Men · 21 Jan 2026 1:56:56 1:57:00 0:04 · Ken faster
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