Noel vs Karl

GBR GBR · Open Men · 5 results

Noel Kelly

2:08:04 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2024
2676th of 2,732 place in that race · 2,732 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Karl Davidson

2:18:40 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2025
2031st of 2,041 place in that race · 2,041 Open Men finishers

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

Noel: Birmingham 2024, Open Men · Karl: Cardiff 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Noel and Karl sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Noel: strongest on Carry (faster than 60% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 0%).Karl: strongest on Ski (faster than 40% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 0%).

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Part Noel: faster than Karl: faster than
Ski 0% 40%
Push 0% 31%
Pull 5% 9%
BBJ 4% 1%
Row 0% 14%
Carry 60% 2%
Lunges 7% 0%
Wall balls 10% 15%
Roxzone 2% 4%
Runs 3% 1%

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

Part by part

Part Noel Karl
SkiErg 0% 40%
Sled push 0% 31%
Sled pull 5% 9%
Burpee broad jump 4% 1%
Row 0% 14%
Farmers carry 60% 2%
Sandbag lunges 7% 0%
Wall balls 10% 15%
Roxzone (moving) 2% 4%
Runs (8 km) 3% 1%

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

Noel · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men2:08:04
7:346:226:445:187:357:347:2510:317:416:456:322:006:438:167:1210:2413:37
Karl · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men2:18:40
8:074:376:053:167:136:357:2714:029:035:177:583:468:3613:4714:439:368:32
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.Noel · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men: 57:26 running, 57:11 at the stations and 13:37 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (10:31).Below, Karl · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men: 1:09:13 running, 1:00:56 at the stations and 8:32 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (14:02) and the shortest the sled push (3:16).

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Part Noel · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men Karl · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 7:34 8:07
SkiErg 6:22 4:37
Run 2 6:44 6:05
Sled push 5:18 3:16
Run 3 7:35 7:13
Sled pull 7:34 6:35
Run 4 7:25 7:27
Burpee broad jump 10:31 14:02
Run 5 7:41 9:03
Row 6:45 5:17
Run 6 6:32 7:58
Farmers carry 2:00 3:46
Run 7 6:43 8:36
Sandbag lunges 8:16 13:47
Run 8 7:12 14:43
Wall balls 10:24 9:36
Roxzone 13:37 8:32
Finish 2:08:04 2:18:40

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Noel Karl Gap
Cardiff 2025 Open Men · 30 May 2025 2:18:23 2:18:40 0:17 · Noel faster
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