Paul vs Chris

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 · 6 results

Chris Perceval

1:05:31 best Open Men time · Melbourne 2025
141st 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 · Chris: Melbourne 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Paul and Chris 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%).Chris: strongest on Lunges (faster than 97% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 43%).

See the numbers
Part Paul: faster than Chris: faster than
Ski 93% 95%
Push 94% 43%
Pull 87% 95%
BBJ 69% 77%
Row 98% 90%
Carry 92% 96%
Lunges 92% 97%
Wall balls 97% 94%
Roxzone 84% 95%
Runs 95% 94%

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

Part by part

Part Paul Chris
SkiErg 93% 95%
Sled push 94% 43%
Sled pull 87% 95%
Burpee broad jump 69% 77%
Row 98% 90%
Farmers carry 92% 96%
Sandbag lunges 92% 97%
Wall balls 97% 94%
Roxzone (moving) 84% 95%
Runs (8 km) 95% 94%

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
Chris · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men1:05:31
2:074:023:402:463:553:254:004:194:074:224:031:324:113:234:434:166:48
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, Chris · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men: 30:47 running, 28:05 at the stations and 6:48 in the roxzone; the longest station was the row (4:22).

See the numbers
Part Paul · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men Chris · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 2:03 2:07
SkiErg 4:04 4:02
Run 2 3:44 3:40
Sled push 1:55 2:46
Run 3 3:57 3:55
Sled pull 3:47 3:25
Run 4 3:55 4:00
Burpee broad jump 4:37 4:19
Run 5 4:00 4:07
Row 4:09 4:22
Run 6 4:02 4:03
Farmers carry 1:36 1:32
Run 7 3:57 4:11
Sandbag lunges 3:44 3:23
Run 8 4:40 4:43
Wall balls 4:00 4:16
Roxzone 7:30 6:48
Finish 1:05:32 1:05:31

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Paul Chris Gap
Melbourne 2025 Open Men · 11 Dec 2025 1:05:32 1:05:31 0:01 · Chris faster
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