Sam vs James

GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Sam Gunton

1:56:34 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
2570th of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

James Baker

1:56:46 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
2572nd of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers

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

Sam: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · James: Cardiff 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Sam and James 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%).James: strongest on Row (faster than 23% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 1%).

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Part Sam: faster than James: faster than
Ski 5% 22%
Push 11% 14%
Pull 6% 5%
BBJ 7% 13%
Row 15% 23%
Carry 12% 6%
Lunges 10% 1%
Wall balls 5% 20%
Roxzone 20% 17%
Runs 7% 7%

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

Part by part

Part Sam James
SkiErg 5% 22%
Sled push 11% 14%
Sled pull 6% 5%
Burpee broad jump 7% 13%
Row 15% 23%
Farmers carry 12% 6%
Sandbag lunges 10% 1%
Wall balls 5% 20%
Roxzone (moving) 20% 17%
Runs (8 km) 7% 7%

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

Sam · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:56:34
6:535:166:114:076:106:416:239:396:245:226:503:469:537:287:3512:365:24
James · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:56:46
6:184:517:393:588:356:538:028:266:035:116:184:115:4612:157:229:225:40
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.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, James · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 56:03 running, 55:07 at the stations and 5:40 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (12:15) and the shortest the sled push (3:58).

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Part Sam · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men James · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 6:53 6:18
SkiErg 5:16 4:51
Run 2 6:11 7:39
Sled push 4:07 3:58
Run 3 6:10 8:35
Sled pull 6:41 6:53
Run 4 6:23 8:02
Burpee broad jump 9:39 8:26
Run 5 6:24 6:03
Row 5:22 5:11
Run 6 6:50 6:18
Farmers carry 3:46 4:11
Run 7 9:53 5:46
Sandbag lunges 7:28 12:15
Run 8 7:35 7:22
Wall balls 12:36 9:22
Roxzone 5:24 5:40
Finish 1:56:34 1:56:46

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Sam James Gap
Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 1:56:34 1:56:46 0:12 · Sam faster
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