Mark vs Paul

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 · 2 results

Paul McVittie

1:21:33 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
1201st 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 · Paul: Cardiff 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Mark and Paul 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%).Paul: strongest on Carry (faster than 91% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 30%).

See the numbers
Part Mark: faster than Paul: faster than
Ski 22% 30%
Push 76% 83%
Pull 54% 81%
BBJ 38% 78%
Row 29% 56%
Carry 49% 91%
Lunges 56% 59%
Wall balls 55% 52%
Roxzone 37% 39%
Runs 63% 41%

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

Part by part

Part Mark Paul
SkiErg 22% 30%
Sled push 76% 83%
Sled pull 54% 81%
Burpee broad jump 38% 78%
Row 29% 56%
Farmers carry 49% 91%
Sandbag lunges 56% 59%
Wall balls 55% 52%
Roxzone (moving) 37% 39%
Runs (8 km) 63% 41%

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
Paul · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:21:33
5:194:454:492:345:063:385:144:395:294:465:402:035:074:456:396:404:23
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, Paul · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 43:23 running, 33:50 at the stations and 4:23 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:40).

See the numbers
Part Mark · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men Paul · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:16 5:19
SkiErg 4:51 4:45
Run 2 6:18 4:49
Sled push 2:41 2:34
Run 3 4:47 5:06
Sled pull 4:17 3:38
Run 4 4:34 5:14
Burpee broad jump 6:23 4:39
Run 5 4:41 5:29
Row 5:05 4:46
Run 6 4:41 5:40
Farmers carry 2:44 2:03
Run 7 4:18 5:07
Sandbag lunges 4:51 4:45
Run 8 5:09 6:39
Wall balls 6:32 6:40
Roxzone 4:28 4:23
Finish 1:21:34 1:21:33

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Mark Paul Gap
Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 1:21:34 1:21:33 0:01 · Paul faster
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