Noel vs Karl
Noel Kelly
Karl Davidson
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Noel: Birmingham 2024, Open Men · Karl: Cardiff 2025, Open Men
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%).
See the numbers
| 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
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).
See the numbers
| 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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