Robert vs Richard

GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Robert Philpott

1:40:18 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2025
3158th of 3,945 place in that race · 3,945 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Richard Briggs

1:44:30 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
2358th of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers

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

Robert: Birmingham 2025, Open Men · Richard: Cardiff 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Robert and Richard sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Robert: strongest on Carry (faster than 75% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 5%).Richard: strongest on Ski (faster than 56% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 0%).

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Part Robert: faster than Richard: faster than
Ski 5% 56%
Push 29% 44%
Pull 13% 12%
BBJ 15% 14%
Row 15% 41%
Carry 75% 0%
Lunges 23% 20%
Wall balls 28% 8%
Roxzone 40% 28%
Runs 17% 22%

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

Part by part

Part Robert Richard
SkiErg 5% 56%
Sled push 29% 44%
Sled pull 13% 12%
Burpee broad jump 15% 14%
Row 15% 41%
Farmers carry 75% 0%
Sandbag lunges 23% 20%
Wall balls 28% 8%
Roxzone (moving) 40% 28%
Runs (8 km) 17% 22%

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

Robert · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men1:40:18
6:195:095:263:515:426:405:457:556:085:185:361:515:576:256:278:527:08
Richard · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:44:30
6:204:325:473:126:025:515:488:195:594:555:586:395:416:256:4011:324:53
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.Robert · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 47:20 running, 46:02 at the stations and 7:08 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:52).Below, Richard · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 48:14 running, 51:25 at the stations and 4:53 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (11:32) and the shortest the sled push (3:12).

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Part Robert · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men Richard · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 6:19 6:20
SkiErg 5:09 4:32
Run 2 5:26 5:47
Sled push 3:51 3:12
Run 3 5:42 6:02
Sled pull 6:40 5:51
Run 4 5:45 5:48
Burpee broad jump 7:55 8:19
Run 5 6:08 5:59
Row 5:18 4:55
Run 6 5:36 5:58
Farmers carry 1:51 6:39
Run 7 5:57 5:41
Sandbag lunges 6:25 6:25
Run 8 6:27 6:40
Wall balls 8:52 11:32
Roxzone 7:08 4:53
Finish 1:40:18 1:44:30

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Robert Richard Gap
Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 1:44:26 1:44:30 0:04 · Robert faster
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