Karl vs Desmond
Karl Lau
Desmond Heng
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Karl: Singapore Expo 2025, Open Men · Desmond: Singapore Expo 2025, Open Men
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
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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