Karl vs Theo
GBR · Open Men · 5 results Karl Gillingham
Theo Balchin
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Karl: London 2024, Open Men · Theo: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Karl and Theo sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Karl: strongest on Carry (faster than 73% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 28%).Theo: strongest on Carry (faster than 91% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 16%).
See the numbers
| Part | Karl: faster than | Theo: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 45% | 37% |
| Push | 57% | 65% |
| Pull | 56% | 73% |
| BBJ | 30% | 35% |
| Row | 62% | 33% |
| Carry | 73% | 91% |
| Lunges | 29% | 73% |
| Wall balls | 28% | 20% |
| Roxzone | 44% | 30% |
| Runs | 33% | 16% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Karl | Theo |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 45% | 37% |
| Sled push | 57% | 65% |
| Sled pull | 56% | 73% |
| Burpee broad jump | 30% | 35% |
| Row | 62% | 33% |
| Farmers carry | 73% | 91% |
| Sandbag lunges | 29% | 73% |
| Wall balls | 28% | 20% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 44% | 30% |
| Runs (8 km) | 33% | 16% |
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.Karl · London 2024 · Open Men: 42:38 running, 39:42 at the stations and 7:56 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:08).Below, Theo · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 39:35 running, 39:16 at the stations and 13:03 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:07).
See the numbers
| Part | Karl · London 2024 · Open Men | Theo · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:47 | 3:57 |
| SkiErg | 4:28 | 4:57 |
| Run 2 | 4:29 | 4:38 |
| Sled push | 2:57 | 2:37 |
| Run 3 | 4:56 | 4:43 |
| Sled pull | 4:52 | 4:14 |
| Run 4 | 4:55 | 4:43 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:53 | 6:14 |
| Run 5 | 5:27 | 4:56 |
| Row | 4:41 | 5:07 |
| Run 6 | 5:21 | 5:05 |
| Farmers carry | 1:52 | 1:34 |
| Run 7 | 5:09 | 4:50 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:51 | 4:26 |
| Run 8 | 6:34 | 6:44 |
| Wall balls | 8:08 | 10:07 |
| Roxzone | 7:56 | 13:03 |
| Finish | 1:30:08 | 1:31:47 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Karl | Theo | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London ExCeL 2025 Open Men · 4 Dec 2025 | 1:31:48 | 1:31:47 | 0:01 · Theo faster |
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