Darren vs Sam
GBR · Open Men · 1 result Darren Marklew
GBR · Open Men · 3 results Sam Thomas
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Darren: Birmingham 2024, Open Men · Sam: New York 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Darren and Sam sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Darren: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 43% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 0%).Sam: strongest on Row (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 58%).
See the numbers
| Part | Darren: faster than | Sam: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 0% | 90% |
| Push | 8% | 58% |
| Pull | 3% | 98% |
| BBJ | 12% | 86% |
| Row | 3% | 99% |
| Carry | 12% | 90% |
| Lunges | 19% | 77% |
| Wall balls | 8% | 91% |
| Roxzone | 43% | 83% |
| Runs | 36% | 81% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Darren | Sam |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 0% | 90% |
| Sled push | 8% | 58% |
| Sled pull | 3% | 98% |
| Burpee broad jump | 12% | 86% |
| Row | 3% | 99% |
| Farmers carry | 12% | 90% |
| Sandbag lunges | 19% | 77% |
| Wall balls | 8% | 91% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 43% | 83% |
| Runs (8 km) | 36% | 81% |
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.Darren · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men: 43:07 running, 52:47 at the stations and 7:52 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (11:05).Below, Sam · New York 2025 · Open Men: 36:56 running, 28:29 at the stations and 4:09 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (4:46).
See the numbers
| Part | Darren · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men | Sam · New York 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:42 | 4:14 |
| SkiErg | 6:00 | 4:11 |
| Run 2 | 4:46 | 4:02 |
| Sled push | 3:54 | 2:22 |
| Run 3 | 5:04 | 4:10 |
| Sled pull | 8:04 | 2:46 |
| Run 4 | 5:05 | 4:28 |
| Burpee broad jump | 8:35 | 3:57 |
| Run 5 | 5:33 | 4:38 |
| Row | 5:45 | 4:14 |
| Run 6 | 5:20 | 4:45 |
| Farmers carry | 2:53 | 1:45 |
| Run 7 | 5:27 | 4:35 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:32 | 4:28 |
| Run 8 | 6:10 | 6:04 |
| Wall balls | 11:05 | 4:46 |
| Roxzone | 7:52 | 4:09 |
| Finish | 1:43:39 | 1:09:27 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Darren | Sam | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham 2024 Open Men · 25 Oct 2024 | 1:43:39 | 1:43:36 | 0:03 · Sam faster |
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