Robert vs Phil

GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Robert Merrills

1:08:05 best Open Men time · London ExCeL 2025
566th of 5,554 place in that race · 5,554 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 9 results

Phil Hatton

1:05:19 best Open Men time · Oslo 2026
60th of 1,104 place in that race · 1,104 Open Men finishers

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

Robert: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men · Phil: Oslo 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Robert and Phil sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Robert: strongest on Pull (faster than 94% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 70%).Phil: strongest on Carry (faster than 97% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 67%).

See the numbers
Part Robert: faster than Phil: faster than
Ski 77% 67%
Push 81% 79%
Pull 94% 83%
BBJ 81% 89%
Row 94% 93%
Carry 84% 97%
Lunges 70% 86%
Wall balls 91% 94%
Roxzone 89% 96%
Runs 87% 95%

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

Part by part

Part Robert Phil
SkiErg 77% 67%
Sled push 81% 79%
Sled pull 94% 83%
Burpee broad jump 81% 89%
Row 94% 93%
Farmers carry 84% 97%
Sandbag lunges 70% 86%
Wall balls 91% 94%
Roxzone (moving) 89% 96%
Runs (8 km) 87% 95%

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

Robert · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men1:08:05
2:464:363:142:243:253:343:234:153:324:263:301:403:344:324:594:579:27
Phil · Oslo 2026 · Open Men1:05:19
4:264:243:532:374:013:474:013:534:024:254:041:304:003:504:544:293:13
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.Robert · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 28:23 running, 30:24 at the stations and 9:27 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (4:57).Below, Phil · Oslo 2026 · Open Men: 33:21 running, 28:55 at the stations and 3:13 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (4:29).

See the numbers
Part Robert · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men Phil · Oslo 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 2:46 4:26
SkiErg 4:36 4:24
Run 2 3:14 3:53
Sled push 2:24 2:37
Run 3 3:25 4:01
Sled pull 3:34 3:47
Run 4 3:23 4:01
Burpee broad jump 4:15 3:53
Run 5 3:32 4:02
Row 4:26 4:25
Run 6 3:30 4:04
Farmers carry 1:40 1:30
Run 7 3:34 4:00
Sandbag lunges 4:32 3:50
Run 8 4:59 4:54
Wall balls 4:57 4:29
Roxzone 9:27 3:13
Finish 1:08:05 1:05:19

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Robert Phil Gap
London ExCeL 2025 Open Men · 4 Dec 2025 1:08:05 1:08:07 0:02 · Robert faster
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