Sam vs Karl
GBR · Open Men · 3 results Sam Hough
IRL · Open Men · 12 results Karl McCallig
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Sam: Málaga 2025, Open Men · Karl: London Olympia 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Sam and Karl sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Sam: strongest on Ski (faster than 96% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 33%).Karl: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 96% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 61%).
See the numbers
| Part | Sam: faster than | Karl: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 96% | 77% |
| Push | 39% | 95% |
| Pull | 90% | 93% |
| BBJ | 48% | 83% |
| Row | 80% | 67% |
| Carry | 33% | 61% |
| Lunges | 56% | 93% |
| Wall balls | 62% | 96% |
| Roxzone | 57% | 93% |
| Runs | 89% | 84% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Sam | Karl |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 96% | 77% |
| Sled push | 39% | 95% |
| Sled pull | 90% | 93% |
| Burpee broad jump | 48% | 83% |
| Row | 80% | 67% |
| Farmers carry | 33% | 61% |
| Sandbag lunges | 56% | 93% |
| Wall balls | 62% | 96% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 57% | 93% |
| Runs (8 km) | 89% | 84% |
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.Sam · Málaga 2025 · Open Men: 33:55 running, 33:14 at the stations and 5:51 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:30).Below, Karl · London Olympia 2026 · Open Men: 35:35 running, 28:49 at the stations and 4:19 in the roxzone; the longest station was the row (4:39).
See the numbers
| Part | Sam · Málaga 2025 · Open Men | Karl · London Olympia 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:51 | 4:09 |
| SkiErg | 4:01 | 4:16 |
| Run 2 | 4:04 | 4:03 |
| Sled push | 3:17 | 2:12 |
| Run 3 | 4:07 | 4:17 |
| Sled pull | 3:29 | 3:13 |
| Run 4 | 4:15 | 4:13 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:14 | 4:16 |
| Run 5 | 4:30 | 4:21 |
| Row | 4:35 | 4:39 |
| Run 6 | 4:20 | 4:17 |
| Farmers carry | 2:20 | 2:06 |
| Run 7 | 4:16 | 4:13 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:49 | 3:33 |
| Run 8 | 4:32 | 6:02 |
| Wall balls | 5:30 | 4:33 |
| Roxzone | 5:51 | 4:19 |
| Finish | 1:12:54 | 1:08:31 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Sam | Karl | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Málaga 2025 Open Men · 23 Mar 2025 | 1:12:54 | 1:12:55 | 0:01 · Sam faster |
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