Tom vs Sam
Tom Needham
Sam Williams
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Tom: Manchester 2026, Open Men · Sam: Manchester 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Tom and Sam sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Tom: strongest on Row (faster than 60% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 6%).Sam: strongest on Push (faster than 92% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 26%).
See the numbers
| Part | Tom: faster than | Sam: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 6% | 48% |
| Push | 12% | 92% |
| Pull | 11% | 70% |
| BBJ | 24% | 51% |
| Row | 60% | 26% |
| Carry | 27% | 73% |
| Lunges | 56% | 37% |
| Wall balls | 54% | 43% |
| Roxzone | 42% | 36% |
| Runs | 51% | 33% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Tom | Sam |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 6% | 48% |
| Sled push | 12% | 92% |
| Sled pull | 11% | 70% |
| Burpee broad jump | 24% | 51% |
| Row | 60% | 26% |
| Farmers carry | 27% | 73% |
| Sandbag lunges | 56% | 37% |
| Wall balls | 54% | 43% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 42% | 36% |
| Runs (8 km) | 51% | 33% |
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.Tom · Manchester 2026 · Open Men: 41:09 running, 40:31 at the stations and 5:58 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (6:49).Below, Sam · Manchester 2026 · Open Men: 45:04 running, 36:14 at the stations and 6:19 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:29).
See the numbers
| Part | Tom · Manchester 2026 · Open Men | Sam · Manchester 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:34 | 4:07 |
| SkiErg | 5:00 | 4:24 |
| Run 2 | 5:02 | 5:35 |
| Sled push | 3:27 | 2:06 |
| Run 3 | 5:48 | 5:46 |
| Sled pull | 6:03 | 3:57 |
| Run 4 | 5:27 | 5:56 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:49 | 5:25 |
| Run 5 | 5:40 | 6:03 |
| Row | 4:39 | 5:02 |
| Run 6 | 5:44 | 5:57 |
| Farmers carry | 2:33 | 1:54 |
| Run 7 | 5:19 | 5:57 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:10 | 5:57 |
| Run 8 | 4:35 | 5:43 |
| Wall balls | 6:49 | 7:29 |
| Roxzone | 5:58 | 6:19 |
| Finish | 1:27:28 | 1:27:30 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Tom | Sam | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester 2026 Open Men · 21 Jan 2026 | 1:27:28 | 1:27:30 | 0:02 · Tom faster |
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