Mark vs John

GBR GBR · Open Men · 3 results

Mark Phillips

1:42:44 best Open Men time · Mechelen 2025
1378th of 1,638 place in that race · 1,638 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

John Archer

1:45:25 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
2383rd of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers

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

Mark: Mechelen 2025, Open Men · John: Cardiff 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Mark and John sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Mark: strongest on Ski (faster than 47% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 9%).John: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 47% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 1%).

See the numbers
Part Mark: faster than John: faster than
Ski 47% 17%
Push 13% 11%
Pull 12% 10%
BBJ 15% 1%
Row 19% 11%
Carry 14% 34%
Lunges 21% 19%
Wall balls 14% 33%
Roxzone 9% 47%
Runs 26% 23%

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

Part by part

Part Mark John
SkiErg 47% 17%
Sled push 13% 11%
Sled pull 12% 10%
Burpee broad jump 15% 1%
Row 19% 11%
Farmers carry 14% 34%
Sandbag lunges 21% 19%
Wall balls 14% 33%
Roxzone (moving) 9% 47%
Runs (8 km) 26% 23%

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

Mark · Mechelen 2025 · Open Men1:42:44
7:184:294:493:185:066:534:567:515:035:124:572:564:516:336:138:4813:31
John · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:45:25
5:574:565:224:075:366:025:4015:175:575:296:053:015:376:317:468:004:05
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.Mark · Mechelen 2025 · Open Men: 43:13 running, 45:59 at the stations and 13:31 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:48).Below, John · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 48:01 running, 53:23 at the stations and 4:05 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (15:17).

See the numbers
Part Mark · Mechelen 2025 · Open Men John · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 7:18 5:57
SkiErg 4:29 4:56
Run 2 4:49 5:22
Sled push 3:18 4:07
Run 3 5:06 5:36
Sled pull 6:53 6:02
Run 4 4:56 5:40
Burpee broad jump 7:51 15:17
Run 5 5:03 5:57
Row 5:12 5:29
Run 6 4:57 6:05
Farmers carry 2:56 3:01
Run 7 4:51 5:37
Sandbag lunges 6:33 6:31
Run 8 6:13 7:46
Wall balls 8:48 8:00
Roxzone 13:31 4:05
Finish 1:42:44 1:45:25

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Mark John Gap
Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 1:45:24 1:45:25 0:01 · Mark faster
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