Laura vs Karen
GBR · Open Women · 3 results Laura McCarthy
GBR · Open Women · 1 result Karen Little
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Laura: Birmingham 2025, Open Women · Karen: London Olympia 2026, Open Women
no splitRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
This chart shows where Laura and Karen sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Laura: strongest on BBJ (faster than 96% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 58%).Karen: strongest on Runs (faster than 88% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 2%).
See the numbers
| Part | Laura: faster than | Karen: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 58% | 23% |
| Push | 86% | 73% |
| Pull | 83% | 46% |
| BBJ | 96% | no split |
| Row | 69% | 64% |
| Carry | 77% | 37% |
| Lunges | 94% | 60% |
| Wall balls | 67% | 47% |
| Roxzone | 87% | 2% |
| Runs | 66% | 88% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Laura | Karen |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 58% | 23% |
| Sled push | 86% | 73% |
| Sled pull | 83% | 46% |
| Burpee broad jump | 96% | — |
| Row | 69% | 64% |
| Farmers carry | 77% | 37% |
| Sandbag lunges | 94% | 60% |
| Wall balls | 67% | 47% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 87% | 2% |
| Runs (8 km) | 66% | 88% |
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.Laura · Birmingham 2025 · Open Women: 42:28 running, 33:31 at the stations and 5:49 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:58).Below, Karen · London Olympia 2026 · Open Women: 39:19 running, 33:00 at the stations and 13:16 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:03) and the shortest the sled push (2:30).
See the numbers
| Part | Laura · Birmingham 2025 · Open Women | Karen · London Olympia 2026 · Open Women |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:59 | 4:47 |
| SkiErg | 5:09 | 5:29 |
| Run 2 | 5:03 | 4:29 |
| Sled push | 2:18 | 2:30 |
| Run 3 | 5:09 | 4:46 |
| Sled pull | 4:54 | 5:23 |
| Run 4 | 5:11 | 4:40 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:17 | — |
| Run 5 | 5:21 | 4:47 |
| Row | 5:16 | 5:17 |
| Run 6 | 5:10 | 4:45 |
| Farmers carry | 2:01 | 2:32 |
| Run 7 | 5:16 | 4:47 |
| Sandbag lunges | 3:37 | 4:47 |
| Run 8 | 5:19 | 6:18 |
| Wall balls | 5:58 | 7:03 |
| Roxzone | 5:49 | 13:16 |
| Finish | 1:21:39 | 1:25:40 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Laura | Karen | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London Olympia 2026 Open Women · 24 Mar 2026 | 1:25:37 | 1:25:40 | 0:03 · Laura faster |
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