Mark vs John

GBR GBR · Open Men · 3 results

Mark Thomas

1:21:34 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
1203rd of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

John Williams

1:21:34 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
1202nd of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers

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

Mark: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · John: Cardiff 2026, Open Men

top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
MarkJohnedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Mark and John sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Mark: strongest on Push (faster than 76% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 22%).John: strongest on Row (faster than 70% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 34%).

See the numbers
Part Mark: faster than John: faster than
Ski 22% 65%
Push 76% 45%
Pull 54% 54%
BBJ 38% 53%
Row 29% 70%
Carry 49% 34%
Lunges 56% 49%
Wall balls 55% 56%
Roxzone 37% 53%
Runs 63% 54%

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

Part by part

Part Mark John
SkiErg 22% 65%
Sled push 76% 45%
Sled pull 54% 54%
Burpee broad jump 38% 53%
Row 29% 70%
Farmers carry 49% 34%
Sandbag lunges 56% 49%
Wall balls 55% 56%
Roxzone (moving) 37% 53%
Runs (8 km) 63% 54%

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

Mark · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:21:34
5:164:516:182:414:474:174:346:234:415:054:412:444:184:515:096:324:28
John · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:21:34
5:084:284:453:115:004:175:115:435:004:385:163:014:425:045:546:273:53
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.Mark · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 39:44 running, 37:23 at the stations and 4:28 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:32) and the shortest the sled push (2:41).Below, John · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 40:56 running, 36:49 at the stations and 3:53 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:27).

See the numbers
Part Mark · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men John · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:16 5:08
SkiErg 4:51 4:28
Run 2 6:18 4:45
Sled push 2:41 3:11
Run 3 4:47 5:00
Sled pull 4:17 4:17
Run 4 4:34 5:11
Burpee broad jump 6:23 5:43
Run 5 4:41 5:00
Row 5:05 4:38
Run 6 4:41 5:16
Farmers carry 2:44 3:01
Run 7 4:18 4:42
Sandbag lunges 4:51 5:04
Run 8 5:09 5:54
Wall balls 6:32 6:27
Roxzone 4:28 3:53
Finish 1:21:34 1:21:34

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Mark John Gap
Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 1:21:34 1:21:34 level
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