Liam vs Chris
GBR · Open Men · 2 results Liam McDonald
GBR · Open Men · 7 results Chris Jones
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Liam: Birmingham 2024, Open Men · Chris: Cologne 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Liam and Chris sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Liam: strongest on Carry (faster than 69% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 11%).Chris: strongest on BBJ (faster than 97% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 29%).
See the numbers
| Part | Liam: faster than | Chris: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 39% | 88% |
| Push | 36% | 66% |
| Pull | 11% | 71% |
| BBJ | 26% | 97% |
| Row | 44% | 96% |
| Carry | 69% | 72% |
| Lunges | 28% | 32% |
| Wall balls | 61% | 44% |
| Roxzone | 16% | 29% |
| Runs | 42% | 65% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Liam | Chris |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 39% | 88% |
| Sled push | 36% | 66% |
| Sled pull | 11% | 71% |
| Burpee broad jump | 26% | 97% |
| Row | 44% | 96% |
| Farmers carry | 69% | 72% |
| Sandbag lunges | 28% | 32% |
| Wall balls | 61% | 44% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 16% | 29% |
| Runs (8 km) | 42% | 65% |
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.Liam · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men: 42:04 running, 40:17 at the stations and 10:02 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (7:10).Below, Chris · Cologne 2025 · Open Men: 39:04 running, 32:30 at the stations and 8:42 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:22).
See the numbers
| Part | Liam · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men | Chris · Cologne 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:07 | 4:52 |
| SkiErg | 4:29 | 4:07 |
| Run 2 | 4:42 | 4:33 |
| Sled push | 3:04 | 2:38 |
| Run 3 | 5:21 | 4:44 |
| Sled pull | 6:41 | 3:59 |
| Run 4 | 5:52 | 4:44 |
| Burpee broad jump | 7:10 | 2:32 |
| Run 5 | 5:19 | 4:45 |
| Row | 4:50 | 4:16 |
| Run 6 | 5:00 | 4:46 |
| Farmers carry | 1:55 | 1:50 |
| Run 7 | 4:49 | 4:57 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:59 | 5:46 |
| Run 8 | 5:53 | 5:43 |
| Wall balls | 6:09 | 7:22 |
| Roxzone | 10:02 | 8:42 |
| Finish | 1:32:14 | 1:20:16 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Liam | Chris | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham 2024 Open Men · 25 Oct 2024 | 1:32:14 | 1:36:19 | 4:05 · Liam faster |
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