Luke vs Shakeel

GBR GBR · Open Men · 5 results

Luke Sparkes

1:44:49 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
2367th of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 4 results

Shakeel Ahmed

1:34:35 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
2829th of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers

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

Luke: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · Shakeel: Birmingham Birm, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Luke and Shakeel sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Luke: strongest on Lunges (faster than 34% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 7%).Shakeel: strongest on Ski (faster than 46% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 11%).

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Part Luke: faster than Shakeel: faster than
Ski 20% 46%
Push 14% 23%
Pull 7% 30%
BBJ 20% 13%
Row 19% 35%
Carry 10% 40%
Lunges 34% 11%
Wall balls 7% 40%
Roxzone 29% 24%
Runs 16% 33%

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

Part by part

Part Luke Shakeel
SkiErg 20% 46%
Sled push 14% 23%
Sled pull 7% 30%
Burpee broad jump 20% 13%
Row 19% 35%
Farmers carry 10% 40%
Sandbag lunges 34% 11%
Wall balls 7% 40%
Roxzone (moving) 29% 24%
Runs (8 km) 16% 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

Luke · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:44:49
5:564:535:484:005:566:286:017:436:235:166:333:515:565:377:4411:574:50
Shakeel · Birmingham Birm · Open Men1:34:35
5:244:355:043:545:255:155:298:005:325:005:072:165:057:305:317:467:50
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.Luke · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 50:16 running, 49:46 at the stations and 4:50 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (11:57).Below, Shakeel · Birmingham Birm · Open Men: 42:37 running, 44:16 at the stations and 7:50 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (8:00).

See the numbers
Part Luke · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men Shakeel · Birmingham Birm · Open Men
Run 1 5:56 5:24
SkiErg 4:53 4:35
Run 2 5:48 5:04
Sled push 4:00 3:54
Run 3 5:56 5:25
Sled pull 6:28 5:15
Run 4 6:01 5:29
Burpee broad jump 7:43 8:00
Run 5 6:23 5:32
Row 5:16 5:00
Run 6 6:33 5:07
Farmers carry 3:51 2:16
Run 7 5:56 5:05
Sandbag lunges 5:37 7:30
Run 8 7:44 5:31
Wall balls 11:57 7:46
Roxzone 4:50 7:50
Finish 1:44:49 1:34:35

Head to head: 2 races they both ran

Race Luke Shakeel Gap
Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 1:44:49 1:44:50 0:01 · Luke faster
London ExCeL 2025 Open Men · 4 Dec 2025 1:49:27 1:43:31 5:56 · Shakeel faster
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