Samuel vs James

GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Samuel Potter

1:32:25 best Open Men time · London ExCeL 2025
4010th of 5,554 place in that race · 5,554 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 14 results

James Anderson

1:23:07 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
1808th of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers

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

Samuel: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men · James: Birmingham Birm, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Samuel and James sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Samuel: strongest on Carry (faster than 91% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 8%).James: strongest on Carry (faster than 68% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 38%).

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Part Samuel: faster than James: faster than
Ski 24% 62%
Push 78% 49%
Pull 62% 63%
BBJ 8% 45%
Row 20% 58%
Carry 91% 68%
Lunges 74% 66%
Wall balls 71% 60%
Roxzone 11% 63%
Runs 18% 38%

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

Part by part

Part Samuel James
SkiErg 24% 62%
Sled push 78% 49%
Sled pull 62% 63%
Burpee broad jump 8% 45%
Row 20% 58%
Farmers carry 91% 68%
Sandbag lunges 74% 66%
Wall balls 71% 60%
Roxzone (moving) 11% 63%
Runs (8 km) 18% 38%

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

Samuel · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men1:32:25
3:305:064:362:274:384:294:368:464:425:194:501:345:014:247:136:0715:15
James · Birmingham Birm · Open Men1:23:07
5:504:285:003:214:584:174:545:485:194:445:051:555:044:395:296:315:54
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.Samuel · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 39:06 running, 38:13 at the stations and 15:15 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (8:46).Below, James · Birmingham Birm · Open Men: 41:39 running, 35:43 at the stations and 5:54 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:31).

See the numbers
Part Samuel · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men James · Birmingham Birm · Open Men
Run 1 3:30 5:50
SkiErg 5:06 4:28
Run 2 4:36 5:00
Sled push 2:27 3:21
Run 3 4:38 4:58
Sled pull 4:29 4:17
Run 4 4:36 4:54
Burpee broad jump 8:46 5:48
Run 5 4:42 5:19
Row 5:19 4:44
Run 6 4:50 5:05
Farmers carry 1:34 1:55
Run 7 5:01 5:04
Sandbag lunges 4:24 4:39
Run 8 7:13 5:29
Wall balls 6:07 6:31
Roxzone 15:15 5:54
Finish 1:32:25 1:23:07

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Samuel James Gap
London ExCeL 2025 Open Men · 4 Dec 2025 1:32:25 1:32:24 0:01 · James faster
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