Paul vs Mark

GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Paul James

1:31:12 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
1818th of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Mark Edeson

1:31:12 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
1817th of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers

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

Paul: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · Mark: Cardiff 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Paul and Mark sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Paul: strongest on Push (faster than 91% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 14%).Mark: strongest on Push (faster than 87% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 15%).

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Part Paul: faster than Mark: faster than
Ski 14% 15%
Push 91% 87%
Pull 59% 47%
BBJ 56% 48%
Row 22% 35%
Carry 20% 67%
Lunges 61% 17%
Wall balls 14% 32%
Roxzone 26% 32%
Runs 31% 27%

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

Part by part

Part Paul Mark
SkiErg 14% 15%
Sled push 91% 87%
Sled pull 59% 47%
Burpee broad jump 56% 48%
Row 22% 35%
Farmers carry 20% 67%
Sandbag lunges 61% 17%
Wall balls 14% 32%
Roxzone (moving) 26% 32%
Runs (8 km) 31% 27%

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

Paul · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:31:12
6:044:595:112:235:234:095:325:345:385:125:453:245:154:406:4910:175:00
Mark · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:31:12
5:504:585:202:285:464:275:445:545:545:006:002:285:276:406:358:024:42
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.Paul · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 45:37 running, 40:38 at the stations and 5:00 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:17) and the shortest the sled push (2:23).Below, Mark · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 46:35 running, 39:58 at the stations and 4:42 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:02) and the shortest the sled push (2:28).

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Part Paul · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men Mark · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 6:04 5:50
SkiErg 4:59 4:58
Run 2 5:11 5:20
Sled push 2:23 2:28
Run 3 5:23 5:46
Sled pull 4:09 4:27
Run 4 5:32 5:44
Burpee broad jump 5:34 5:54
Run 5 5:38 5:54
Row 5:12 5:00
Run 6 5:45 6:00
Farmers carry 3:24 2:28
Run 7 5:15 5:27
Sandbag lunges 4:40 6:40
Run 8 6:49 6:35
Wall balls 10:17 8:02
Roxzone 5:00 4:42
Finish 1:31:12 1:31:12

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Paul Mark Gap
Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 1:31:12 1:31:12 level
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