Zac vs Sam

GBR GBR · Open Men · 4 results

Zac Preston

1:15:52 best Open Men time · London ExCeL 2025
1634th of 5,554 place in that race · 5,554 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 8 results

Sam Frowen

1:14:16 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
638th of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers

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

Zac: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men · Sam: Cardiff 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Zac and Sam sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Zac: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 91% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 22%).Sam: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 92% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 32%).

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Part Zac: faster than Sam: faster than
Ski 31% 52%
Push 22% 77%
Pull 64% 56%
BBJ 63% 71%
Row 67% 68%
Carry 37% 84%
Lunges 48% 32%
Wall balls 91% 84%
Roxzone 78% 92%
Runs 70% 76%

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

Part by part

Part Zac Sam
SkiErg 31% 52%
Sled push 22% 77%
Sled pull 64% 56%
Burpee broad jump 63% 71%
Row 67% 68%
Farmers carry 37% 84%
Sandbag lunges 48% 32%
Wall balls 91% 84%
Roxzone (moving) 78% 92%
Runs (8 km) 70% 76%

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

Zac · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men1:15:52
3:235:013:423:183:494:263:465:013:444:463:402:133:425:145:054:5510:13
Sam · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:14:16
4:514:344:232:394:364:134:384:564:374:394:492:114:235:435:235:002:44
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.Zac · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 30:51 running, 34:55 at the stations and 10:13 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (5:14).Below, Sam · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 37:40 running, 33:55 at the stations and 2:44 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (5:43).

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Part Zac · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men Sam · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:23 4:51
SkiErg 5:01 4:34
Run 2 3:42 4:23
Sled push 3:18 2:39
Run 3 3:49 4:36
Sled pull 4:26 4:13
Run 4 3:46 4:38
Burpee broad jump 5:01 4:56
Run 5 3:44 4:37
Row 4:46 4:39
Run 6 3:40 4:49
Farmers carry 2:13 2:11
Run 7 3:42 4:23
Sandbag lunges 5:14 5:43
Run 8 5:05 5:23
Wall balls 4:55 5:00
Roxzone 10:13 2:44
Finish 1:15:52 1:14:16

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Zac Sam Gap
London ExCeL 2025 Open Men · 4 Dec 2025 1:15:52 1:15:52 level
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