Sam vs Paul
GBR · Open Men · 1 result Sam Gunton
GBR · Open Men · 2 results Paul Fagan
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Sam: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · Paul: Birmingham 2024, Open Men
This chart shows where Sam and Paul sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Sam: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 20% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 5%).Paul: strongest on Runs (faster than 46% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 22%).
See the numbers
| Part | Sam: faster than | Paul: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 5% | 35% |
| Push | 11% | 29% |
| Pull | 6% | 31% |
| BBJ | 7% | 22% |
| Row | 15% | 25% |
| Carry | 12% | 28% |
| Lunges | 10% | 33% |
| Wall balls | 5% | 44% |
| Roxzone | 20% | 29% |
| Runs | 7% | 46% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Sam | Paul |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 5% | 35% |
| Sled push | 11% | 29% |
| Sled pull | 6% | 31% |
| Burpee broad jump | 7% | 22% |
| Row | 15% | 25% |
| Farmers carry | 12% | 28% |
| Sandbag lunges | 10% | 33% |
| Wall balls | 5% | 44% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 20% | 29% |
| Runs (8 km) | 7% | 46% |
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 · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 56:18 running, 54:56 at the stations and 5:24 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (12:36).Below, Paul · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men: 41:19 running, 40:57 at the stations and 8:49 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (7:29).
See the numbers
| Part | Sam · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men | Paul · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 6:53 | 5:33 |
| SkiErg | 5:16 | 4:31 |
| Run 2 | 6:11 | 4:40 |
| Sled push | 4:07 | 3:11 |
| Run 3 | 6:10 | 5:02 |
| Sled pull | 6:41 | 5:30 |
| Run 4 | 6:23 | 5:03 |
| Burpee broad jump | 9:39 | 7:29 |
| Run 5 | 6:24 | 5:12 |
| Row | 5:22 | 5:04 |
| Run 6 | 6:50 | 5:00 |
| Farmers carry | 3:46 | 2:26 |
| Run 7 | 9:53 | 5:00 |
| Sandbag lunges | 7:28 | 5:45 |
| Run 8 | 7:35 | 5:49 |
| Wall balls | 12:36 | 7:01 |
| Roxzone | 5:24 | 8:49 |
| Finish | 1:56:34 | 1:30:54 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Sam | Paul | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 | 1:56:34 | 1:56:17 | 0:17 · Paul faster |
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