Chris vs Stephen

GBR GBR · Open Men · 3 results

Chris Mathieson

1:34:16 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
2801st of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 8 results

Stephen Ovenden

1:34:15 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
2799th of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers

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

Chris: Birmingham Birm, Open Men · Stephen: Birmingham Birm, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Chris and Stephen sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Chris: strongest on Push (faster than 63% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 22%).Stephen: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 47% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 1%).

See the numbers
Part Chris: faster than Stephen: faster than
Ski 57% 17%
Push 63% 9%
Pull 24% 21%
BBJ 42% 9%
Row 51% 42%
Carry 22% 1%
Lunges 27% 27%
Wall balls 23% 25%
Roxzone 26% 47%
Runs 23% 47%

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

Part by part

Part Chris Stephen
SkiErg 57% 17%
Sled push 63% 9%
Sled pull 24% 21%
Burpee broad jump 42% 9%
Row 51% 42%
Farmers carry 22% 1%
Sandbag lunges 27% 27%
Wall balls 23% 25%
Roxzone (moving) 26% 47%
Runs (8 km) 23% 47%

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

Chris · Birmingham Birm · Open Men1:34:16
5:554:305:143:085:275:285:355:565:354:485:342:375:356:056:099:087:40
Stephen · Birmingham Birm · Open Men1:34:15
5:324:564:484:364:525:354:558:364:564:544:554:094:546:055:108:566:34
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.Chris · Birmingham Birm · Open Men: 45:04 running, 41:40 at the stations and 7:40 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:08).Below, Stephen · Birmingham Birm · Open Men: 40:02 running, 47:46 at the stations and 6:34 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:56).

See the numbers
Part Chris · Birmingham Birm · Open Men Stephen · Birmingham Birm · Open Men
Run 1 5:55 5:32
SkiErg 4:30 4:56
Run 2 5:14 4:48
Sled push 3:08 4:36
Run 3 5:27 4:52
Sled pull 5:28 5:35
Run 4 5:35 4:55
Burpee broad jump 5:56 8:36
Run 5 5:35 4:56
Row 4:48 4:54
Run 6 5:34 4:55
Farmers carry 2:37 4:09
Run 7 5:35 4:54
Sandbag lunges 6:05 6:05
Run 8 6:09 5:10
Wall balls 9:08 8:56
Roxzone 7:40 6:34
Finish 1:34:16 1:34:15

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Chris Stephen Gap
Birmingham Birm Open Men · 31 Oct 2026 1:34:16 1:34:15 0:01 · Stephen faster
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