Stephen vs Axel

GBR GBR · Open Men · 3 results

Stephen Bamford

1:24:39 best Open Men time · London ExCeL 2025
3020th of 5,554 place in that race · 5,554 Open Men finishers
FRA FRA · Open Men · 1 result

Axel Gautier

1:24:52 best Open Men time · Barcelona 2026
1305th of 2,350 place in that race · 2,350 Open Men finishers

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

Stephen: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men · Axel: Barcelona 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Stephen and Axel sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Stephen: strongest on Pull (faster than 83% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 17%).Axel: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 84% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 0%).

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Part Stephen: faster than Axel: faster than
Ski 45% 14%
Push 82% 4%
Pull 83% 22%
BBJ 26% 36%
Row 57% 12%
Carry 55% 0%
Lunges 38% 42%
Wall balls 17% 28%
Roxzone 65% 84%
Runs 55% 80%

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

Part by part

Part Stephen Axel
SkiErg 45% 14%
Sled push 82% 4%
Sled pull 83% 22%
Burpee broad jump 26% 36%
Row 57% 12%
Farmers carry 55% 0%
Sandbag lunges 38% 42%
Wall balls 17% 28%
Roxzone (moving) 65% 84%
Runs (8 km) 55% 80%

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 · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men1:24:39
3:054:533:482:234:013:584:016:494:074:524:022:003:475:375:5410:3510:56
Axel · Barcelona 2026 · Open Men1:24:52
4:155:064:025:024:275:344:325:464:325:254:294:434:235:094:388:004:58
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 · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 32:45 running, 41:07 at the stations and 10:56 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:35).Below, Axel · Barcelona 2026 · Open Men: 35:17 running, 44:46 at the stations and 4:58 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:00).

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Part Stephen · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men Axel · Barcelona 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:05 4:15
SkiErg 4:53 5:06
Run 2 3:48 4:02
Sled push 2:23 5:02
Run 3 4:01 4:27
Sled pull 3:58 5:34
Run 4 4:01 4:32
Burpee broad jump 6:49 5:46
Run 5 4:07 4:32
Row 4:52 5:25
Run 6 4:02 4:29
Farmers carry 2:00 4:43
Run 7 3:47 4:23
Sandbag lunges 5:37 5:09
Run 8 5:54 4:38
Wall balls 10:35 8:00
Roxzone 10:56 4:58
Finish 1:24:39 1:24:52

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Stephen Axel Gap
Barcelona 2026 Open Men · 16 May 2026 1:24:53 1:24:52 0:01 · Axel faster
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