Richard vs Jacob

GBR GBR · Open Men · 6 results

Richard Watkins

1:31:54 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
1856th of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 4 results

Jacob Wright

1:31:33 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
2580th of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers

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

Richard: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · Jacob: Birmingham Birm, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Richard and Jacob sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Richard: strongest on Push (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 15%).Jacob: strongest on Push (faster than 71% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 22%).

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Part Richard: faster than Jacob: faster than
Ski 35% 55%
Push 99% 71%
Pull 40% 29%
BBJ 64% 25%
Row 15% 53%
Carry 54% 44%
Lunges 33% 43%
Wall balls 60% 44%
Roxzone 25% 37%
Runs 16% 22%

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

Part by part

Part Richard Jacob
SkiErg 35% 55%
Sled push 99% 71%
Sled pull 40% 29%
Burpee broad jump 64% 25%
Row 15% 53%
Farmers carry 54% 44%
Sandbag lunges 33% 43%
Wall balls 60% 44%
Roxzone (moving) 25% 37%
Runs (8 km) 16% 22%

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

Richard · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:31:54
5:564:425:402:007:044:396:285:146:195:216:112:405:445:417:026:145:03
Jacob · Birmingham Birm · Open Men1:31:33
5:574:314:593:015:205:165:376:505:434:475:462:135:435:246:037:287:02
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.Richard · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 50:24 running, 36:31 at the stations and 5:03 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:14) and the shortest the sled push (2:00).Below, Jacob · Birmingham Birm · Open Men: 45:08 running, 39:31 at the stations and 7:02 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:28).

See the numbers
Part Richard · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men Jacob · Birmingham Birm · Open Men
Run 1 5:56 5:57
SkiErg 4:42 4:31
Run 2 5:40 4:59
Sled push 2:00 3:01
Run 3 7:04 5:20
Sled pull 4:39 5:16
Run 4 6:28 5:37
Burpee broad jump 5:14 6:50
Run 5 6:19 5:43
Row 5:21 4:47
Run 6 6:11 5:46
Farmers carry 2:40 2:13
Run 7 5:44 5:43
Sandbag lunges 5:41 5:24
Run 8 7:02 6:03
Wall balls 6:14 7:28
Roxzone 5:03 7:02
Finish 1:31:54 1:31:33

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Richard Jacob Gap
Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 1:31:54 1:31:55 0:01 · Richard faster
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