Karl vs Greg

GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Karl Smith

1:38:11 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2025
1713th of 2,041 place in that race · 2,041 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 5 results

Greg Brookes

1:23:36 best Open Men time · London ExCeL 2025
2859th of 5,554 place in that race · 5,554 Open Men finishers

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

Karl: Cardiff 2025, Open Men · Greg: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Karl and Greg sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Karl: strongest on Push (faster than 74% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 8%).Greg: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 82% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 28%).

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Part Karl: faster than Greg: faster than
Ski 27% 72%
Push 74% 65%
Pull 25% 39%
BBJ 15% 32%
Row 49% 52%
Carry 36% 52%
Lunges 8% 28%
Wall balls 8% 82%
Roxzone 22% 48%
Runs 22% 41%

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

Part by part

Part Karl Greg
SkiErg 27% 72%
Sled push 74% 65%
Sled pull 25% 39%
Burpee broad jump 15% 32%
Row 49% 52%
Farmers carry 36% 52%
Sandbag lunges 8% 28%
Wall balls 8% 82%
Roxzone (moving) 22% 48%
Runs (8 km) 22% 41%

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

Karl · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men1:38:11
5:164:445:042:405:425:315:308:065:404:485:412:185:387:017:0411:206:08
Greg · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men1:23:36
3:154:393:512:374:205:064:056:234:074:554:132:024:236:066:205:3011:51
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.Karl · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men: 45:35 running, 46:28 at the stations and 6:08 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (11:20).Below, Greg · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 34:34 running, 37:18 at the stations and 11:51 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (6:23).

See the numbers
Part Karl · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men Greg · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 5:16 3:15
SkiErg 4:44 4:39
Run 2 5:04 3:51
Sled push 2:40 2:37
Run 3 5:42 4:20
Sled pull 5:31 5:06
Run 4 5:30 4:05
Burpee broad jump 8:06 6:23
Run 5 5:40 4:07
Row 4:48 4:55
Run 6 5:41 4:13
Farmers carry 2:18 2:02
Run 7 5:38 4:23
Sandbag lunges 7:01 6:06
Run 8 7:04 6:20
Wall balls 11:20 5:30
Roxzone 6:08 11:51
Finish 1:38:11 1:23:36

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Karl Greg Gap
Cardiff 2025 Open Men · 30 May 2025 1:38:11 1:38:20 0:09 · Karl faster
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