Karl vs Desmond

SIN SIN · Open Men · 1 result

Karl Lau

1:41:55 best Open Men time · Singapore Expo 2025
661st of 1,182 place in that race · 1,182 Open Men finishers
SIN SIN · Open Men · 1 result

Desmond Heng

1:41:48 best Open Men time · Singapore Expo 2025
660th of 1,182 place in that race · 1,182 Open Men finishers

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

Karl: Singapore Expo 2025, Open Men · Desmond: Singapore Expo 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Karl and Desmond sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Karl: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 84% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 21%).Desmond: strongest on Runs (faster than 66% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 9%).

See the numbers
Part Karl: faster than Desmond: faster than
Ski 75% 36%
Push 76% 51%
Pull 28% 9%
BBJ 66% 45%
Row 72% 20%
Carry 61% 20%
Lunges 70% 19%
Wall balls 84% 20%
Roxzone 21% 60%
Runs 28% 66%

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

Part by part

Part Karl Desmond
SkiErg 75% 36%
Sled push 76% 51%
Sled pull 28% 9%
Burpee broad jump 66% 45%
Row 72% 20%
Farmers carry 61% 20%
Sandbag lunges 70% 19%
Wall balls 84% 20%
Roxzone (moving) 21% 60%
Runs (8 km) 28% 66%

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

Karl · Singapore Expo 2025 · Open Men1:41:55
4:364:375:512:556:486:326:475:286:454:486:312:156:525:168:275:5111:45
Desmond · Singapore Expo 2025 · Open Men1:41:48
3:394:584:493:255:278:145:126:195:315:315:013:065:277:597:3611:128:29
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.Karl · Singapore Expo 2025 · Open Men: 52:37 running, 37:43 at the stations and 11:45 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sled pull (6:32).Below, Desmond · Singapore Expo 2025 · Open Men: 42:43 running, 50:44 at the stations and 8:29 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (11:12).

See the numbers
Part Karl · Singapore Expo 2025 · Open Men Desmond · Singapore Expo 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 4:36 3:39
SkiErg 4:37 4:58
Run 2 5:51 4:49
Sled push 2:55 3:25
Run 3 6:48 5:27
Sled pull 6:32 8:14
Run 4 6:47 5:12
Burpee broad jump 5:28 6:19
Run 5 6:45 5:31
Row 4:48 5:31
Run 6 6:31 5:01
Farmers carry 2:15 3:06
Run 7 6:52 5:27
Sandbag lunges 5:16 7:59
Run 8 8:27 7:36
Wall balls 5:51 11:12
Roxzone 11:45 8:29
Finish 1:41:55 1:41:48

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Karl Desmond Gap
Singapore Expo 2025 Open Men · 29 Nov 2025 1:41:55 1:41:48 0:07 · Desmond faster
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