Gareth vs Dean

GBR GBR · Open Men · 3 results

Gareth Vernau

1:37:45 best Open Men time · Manchester 2026
1928th of 2,544 place in that race · 2,544 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Dean Adams

1:37:28 best Open Men time · Manchester 2025
972nd of 1,191 place in that race · 1,191 Open Men finishers

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

Gareth: Manchester 2026, Open Men · Dean: Manchester 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Gareth and Dean sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Gareth: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 79% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 5%).Dean: strongest on Lunges (faster than 40% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 5%).

See the numbers
Part Gareth: faster than Dean: faster than
Ski 31% 20%
Push 11% 13%
Pull 5% 22%
BBJ 52% 26%
Row 41% 33%
Carry 46% 35%
Lunges 31% 40%
Wall balls 79% 20%
Roxzone 21% 25%
Runs 15% 5%

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

Part by part

Part Gareth Dean
SkiErg 31% 20%
Sled push 11% 13%
Sled pull 5% 22%
Burpee broad jump 52% 26%
Row 41% 33%
Farmers carry 46% 35%
Sandbag lunges 31% 40%
Wall balls 79% 20%
Roxzone (moving) 21% 25%
Runs (8 km) 15% 5%

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

Gareth · Manchester 2026 · Open Men1:37:45
3:114:335:403:288:426:487:415:246:584:506:172:136:336:146:185:267:38
Dean · Manchester 2025 · Open Men1:37:28
4:314:336:083:194:305:256:186:216:414:506:342:176:365:187:258:388:03
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.Gareth · Manchester 2026 · Open Men: 51:20 running, 38:56 at the stations and 7:38 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sled pull (6:48).Below, Dean · Manchester 2025 · Open Men: 48:43 running, 40:41 at the stations and 8:03 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:38).

See the numbers
Part Gareth · Manchester 2026 · Open Men Dean · Manchester 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 3:11 4:31
SkiErg 4:33 4:33
Run 2 5:40 6:08
Sled push 3:28 3:19
Run 3 8:42 4:30
Sled pull 6:48 5:25
Run 4 7:41 6:18
Burpee broad jump 5:24 6:21
Run 5 6:58 6:41
Row 4:50 4:50
Run 6 6:17 6:34
Farmers carry 2:13 2:17
Run 7 6:33 6:36
Sandbag lunges 6:14 5:18
Run 8 6:18 7:25
Wall balls 5:26 8:38
Roxzone 7:38 8:03
Finish 1:37:45 1:37:28

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Gareth Dean Gap
Manchester 2026 Open Men · 21 Jan 2026 1:37:45 1:37:45 level
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