Paul vs Christian

AUS AUS · Open Men · 2 results

Paul Obern

1:05:32 best Open Men time · Melbourne 2025
142nd of 2,868 place in that race · 2,868 Open Men finishers
AUS AUS · Open Men · 8 results

Christian Gangell

1:05:38 best Open Men time · Melbourne 2025
144th of 2,868 place in that race · 2,868 Open Men finishers

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

Paul: Melbourne 2025, Open Men · Christian: Melbourne 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Paul and Christian sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Paul: strongest on Row (faster than 98% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 69%).Christian: strongest on BBJ (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 70%).

See the numbers
Part Paul: faster than Christian: faster than
Ski 93% 84%
Push 94% 88%
Pull 87% 95%
BBJ 69% 99%
Row 98% 73%
Carry 92% 99%
Lunges 92% 70%
Wall balls 97% 92%
Roxzone 84% 95%
Runs 95% 90%

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

Part by part

Part Paul Christian
SkiErg 93% 84%
Sled push 94% 88%
Sled pull 87% 95%
Burpee broad jump 69% 99%
Row 98% 73%
Farmers carry 92% 99%
Sandbag lunges 92% 70%
Wall balls 97% 92%
Roxzone (moving) 84% 95%
Runs (8 km) 95% 90%

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

Paul · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men1:05:32
2:034:043:441:553:573:473:554:374:004:094:021:363:573:444:404:007:30
Christian · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men1:05:38
2:004:113:352:043:553:264:072:384:304:344:151:254:244:374:534:256:46
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.Paul · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men: 30:18 running, 27:52 at the stations and 7:30 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (4:37).Below, Christian · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men: 31:39 running, 27:20 at the stations and 6:46 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (4:37).

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Part Paul · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men Christian · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 2:03 2:00
SkiErg 4:04 4:11
Run 2 3:44 3:35
Sled push 1:55 2:04
Run 3 3:57 3:55
Sled pull 3:47 3:26
Run 4 3:55 4:07
Burpee broad jump 4:37 2:38
Run 5 4:00 4:30
Row 4:09 4:34
Run 6 4:02 4:15
Farmers carry 1:36 1:25
Run 7 3:57 4:24
Sandbag lunges 3:44 4:37
Run 8 4:40 4:53
Wall balls 4:00 4:25
Roxzone 7:30 6:46
Finish 1:05:32 1:05:38

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Paul Christian Gap
Melbourne 2025 Open Men · 11 Dec 2025 1:05:32 1:05:38 0:06 · Paul faster
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