Sam vs Thornton
NZL · Open Men · 4 results Sam Oldfield
NZL · Open Men · 1 result Thornton Humphrey
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Sam: Sydney 2025, Open Men · Thornton: Auckland 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Sam and Thornton sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Sam: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 70% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 16%).Thornton: strongest on Push (faster than 85% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 45%).
See the numbers
| Part | Sam: faster than | Thornton: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 53% | 45% |
| Push | 16% | 85% |
| Pull | 49% | 82% |
| BBJ | 42% | 68% |
| Row | 46% | 71% |
| Carry | 20% | 55% |
| Lunges | 27% | 81% |
| Wall balls | 70% | 45% |
| Roxzone | 29% | 63% |
| Runs | 62% | 60% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Sam | Thornton |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 53% | 45% |
| Sled push | 16% | 85% |
| Sled pull | 49% | 82% |
| Burpee broad jump | 42% | 68% |
| Row | 46% | 71% |
| Farmers carry | 20% | 55% |
| Sandbag lunges | 27% | 81% |
| Wall balls | 70% | 45% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 29% | 63% |
| Runs (8 km) | 62% | 60% |
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.Sam · Sydney 2025 · Open Men: 36:13 running, 36:26 at the stations and 9:32 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (6:14).Below, Thornton · Auckland 2026 · Open Men: 43:07 running, 35:01 at the stations and 5:17 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:18).
See the numbers
| Part | Sam · Sydney 2025 · Open Men | Thornton · Auckland 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:58 | 5:07 |
| SkiErg | 4:19 | 4:26 |
| Run 2 | 4:10 | 4:38 |
| Sled push | 2:51 | 2:43 |
| Run 3 | 4:16 | 5:19 |
| Sled pull | 4:35 | 4:06 |
| Run 4 | 4:16 | 5:04 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:41 | 5:15 |
| Run 5 | 4:23 | 5:31 |
| Row | 4:42 | 4:43 |
| Run 6 | 4:29 | 5:24 |
| Farmers carry | 2:39 | 1:59 |
| Run 7 | 4:24 | 5:35 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:14 | 4:31 |
| Run 8 | 6:17 | 6:28 |
| Wall balls | 5:26 | 7:18 |
| Roxzone | 9:32 | 5:17 |
| Finish | 1:22:04 | 1:23:16 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Sam | Thornton | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auckland 2026 Open Men · 29 Jan 2026 | 1:23:18 | 1:23:16 | 0:02 · Thornton faster |
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