Stephen vs Rupert

GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Stephen Wayne McCarthy

1:27:12 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
1606th of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Rupert Beak

1:27:12 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
1607th of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers

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

Stephen: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · Rupert: Cardiff 2026, Open Men

50% top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzone
no split
Runs
no split
StephenRupertedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Stephen and Rupert sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Stephen: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 62% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 32%).Rupert: strongest on Ski (faster than 85% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 16%).

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Part Stephen: faster than Rupert: faster than
Ski 58% 85%
Push 32% 42%
Pull 56% 48%
BBJ 49% 16%
Row 44% 56%
Carry 50% 32%
Lunges 46% 56%
Wall balls 62% 75%
Roxzone no split 38%
Runs no split 35%

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

Part by part

Part Stephen Rupert
SkiErg 58% 85%
Sled push 32% 42%
Sled pull 56% 48%
Burpee broad jump 49% 16%
Row 44% 56%
Farmers carry 50% 32%
Sandbag lunges 46% 56%
Wall balls 62% 75%
Roxzone (moving) — 38%
Runs (8 km) — 35%

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

Stephen · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:27:12
5:104:314:393:264:424:135:035:525:134:538:482:435:025:096:07
Rupert · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:27:12
5:324:185:093:145:244:265:288:035:354:465:543:045:144:496:295:254:26
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.Stephen · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 38:37 running and 36:55 at the stations; the longest station was the wall balls (6:07).Below, Rupert · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 44:44 running, 38:05 at the stations and 4:26 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (8:03).

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Part Stephen · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men Rupert · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:10 5:32
SkiErg 4:31 4:18
Run 2 4:39 5:09
Sled push 3:26 3:14
Run 3 4:42 5:24
Sled pull 4:13 4:26
Run 4 5:03 5:28
Burpee broad jump 5:52 8:03
Run 5 5:13 5:35
Row 4:53 4:46
Run 6 8:48 5:54
Farmers carry 2:43 3:04
Run 7 5:02 5:14
Sandbag lunges 5:09 4:49
Run 8 — 6:29
Wall balls 6:07 5:25
Roxzone — 4:26
Finish 1:27:12 1:27:12

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Stephen Rupert Gap
Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 1:27:12 1:27:12 level
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