Sam vs Chris

GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Sam Sawyers

1:50:21 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2025
3535th of 3,945 place in that race · 3,945 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Chris Ruddick

1:50:20 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2025
3533rd of 3,945 place in that race · 3,945 Open Men finishers

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

Sam: Birmingham 2025, Open Men · Chris: Birmingham 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Sam and Chris sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Sam: strongest on Ski (faster than 45% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 6%).Chris: strongest on Ski (faster than 24% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 9%).

See the numbers
Part Sam: faster than Chris: faster than
Ski 45% 24%
Push 13% 12%
Pull 6% 11%
BBJ 25% 11%
Row 23% 17%
Carry 23% 20%
Lunges 10% 23%
Wall balls 35% 15%
Roxzone 7% 13%
Runs 7% 9%

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

Part by part

Part Sam Chris
SkiErg 45% 24%
Sled push 13% 12%
Sled pull 6% 11%
Burpee broad jump 25% 11%
Row 23% 17%
Farmers carry 23% 20%
Sandbag lunges 10% 23%
Wall balls 35% 15%
Roxzone (moving) 7% 13%
Runs (8 km) 7% 9%

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 · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men1:50:21
5:384:325:374:348:087:418:096:556:155:096:232:376:227:436:178:1910:10
Chris · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men1:50:20
5:424:445:344:396:226:576:248:246:415:166:182:426:176:268:0610:439:13
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 · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 52:49 running, 47:31 at the stations and 10:10 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:19).Below, Chris · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 51:24 running, 49:51 at the stations and 9:13 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:43).

See the numbers
Part Sam · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men Chris · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 5:38 5:42
SkiErg 4:32 4:44
Run 2 5:37 5:34
Sled push 4:34 4:39
Run 3 8:08 6:22
Sled pull 7:41 6:57
Run 4 8:09 6:24
Burpee broad jump 6:55 8:24
Run 5 6:15 6:41
Row 5:09 5:16
Run 6 6:23 6:18
Farmers carry 2:37 2:42
Run 7 6:22 6:17
Sandbag lunges 7:43 6:26
Run 8 6:17 8:06
Wall balls 8:19 10:43
Roxzone 10:10 9:13
Finish 1:50:21 1:50:20

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Sam Chris Gap
Birmingham 2025 Open Men · 22 Oct 2025 1:50:21 1:50:20 0:01 · Chris faster
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