Ralf vs Paul

GER GER · Open Men · 7 results

Ralf Iwan

1:37:32 best Open Men time · London ExCeL 2025
4468th of 5,554 place in that race · 5,554 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 3 results

Paul Jones

1:28:19 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
1673rd of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers

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

Ralf: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men · Paul: Cardiff 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Ralf and Paul sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Ralf: strongest on Pull (faster than 38% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 3%).Paul: strongest on Push (faster than 78% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 29%).

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Part Ralf: faster than Paul: faster than
Ski 24% 45%
Push 3% 78%
Pull 38% 40%
BBJ 18% 41%
Row 15% 53%
Carry 16% 54%
Lunges 16% 51%
Wall balls 23% 32%
Roxzone 31% 66%
Runs 23% 29%

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

Part by part

Part Ralf Paul
SkiErg 24% 45%
Sled push 3% 78%
Sled pull 38% 40%
Burpee broad jump 18% 41%
Row 15% 53%
Farmers carry 16% 54%
Sandbag lunges 16% 51%
Wall balls 23% 32%
Roxzone (moving) 31% 66%
Runs (8 km) 23% 29%

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

Ralf · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men1:37:32
3:305:064:154:214:225:084:297:244:495:274:512:384:366:557:049:4712:58
Paul · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:28:19
5:484:375:182:385:414:405:396:145:464:485:522:405:315:006:378:063:28
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.Ralf · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 37:56 running, 46:46 at the stations and 12:58 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:47).Below, Paul · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 46:13 running, 38:43 at the stations and 3:28 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:06) and the shortest the sled push (2:38).

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Part Ralf · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men Paul · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:30 5:48
SkiErg 5:06 4:37
Run 2 4:15 5:18
Sled push 4:21 2:38
Run 3 4:22 5:41
Sled pull 5:08 4:40
Run 4 4:29 5:39
Burpee broad jump 7:24 6:14
Run 5 4:49 5:46
Row 5:27 4:48
Run 6 4:51 5:52
Farmers carry 2:38 2:40
Run 7 4:36 5:31
Sandbag lunges 6:55 5:00
Run 8 7:04 6:37
Wall balls 9:47 8:06
Roxzone 12:58 3:28
Finish 1:37:32 1:28:19

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Ralf Paul Gap
London ExCeL 2025 Open Men · 4 Dec 2025 1:37:32 1:37:33 0:01 · Ralf faster
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