Seydou vs Sam

GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Seydou Bamba

1:23:19 best Open Men time · Manchester 2026
1241st of 2,544 place in that race · 2,544 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 3 results

Sam Gorham

1:14:34 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
971st of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers

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

Seydou: Manchester 2026, Open Men · Sam: Birmingham Birm, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Seydou and Sam sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Seydou: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 64% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 27%).Sam: strongest on Row (faster than 85% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 39%).

See the numbers
Part Seydou: faster than Sam: faster than
Ski 27% 39%
Push 43% 44%
Pull 40% 82%
BBJ 34% 60%
Row 63% 85%
Carry 29% 61%
Lunges 48% 73%
Wall balls 58% 63%
Roxzone 64% 71%
Runs 51% 78%

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

Part by part

Part Seydou Sam
SkiErg 27% 39%
Sled push 43% 44%
Sled pull 40% 82%
Burpee broad jump 34% 60%
Row 63% 85%
Farmers carry 29% 61%
Sandbag lunges 48% 73%
Wall balls 58% 63%
Roxzone (moving) 64% 71%
Runs (8 km) 51% 78%

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

Seydou · Manchester 2026 · Open Men1:23:19
3:264:355:042:495:354:425:316:135:514:375:242:305:265:294:546:344:47
Sam · Birmingham Birm · Open Men1:14:34
4:414:394:013:264:233:464:185:084:234:284:172:004:224:244:276:215:37
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.Seydou · Manchester 2026 · Open Men: 41:11 running, 37:29 at the stations and 4:47 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:34).Below, Sam · Birmingham Birm · Open Men: 34:52 running, 34:12 at the stations and 5:37 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:21).

See the numbers
Part Seydou · Manchester 2026 · Open Men Sam · Birmingham Birm · Open Men
Run 1 3:26 4:41
SkiErg 4:35 4:39
Run 2 5:04 4:01
Sled push 2:49 3:26
Run 3 5:35 4:23
Sled pull 4:42 3:46
Run 4 5:31 4:18
Burpee broad jump 6:13 5:08
Run 5 5:51 4:23
Row 4:37 4:28
Run 6 5:24 4:17
Farmers carry 2:30 2:00
Run 7 5:26 4:22
Sandbag lunges 5:29 4:24
Run 8 4:54 4:27
Wall balls 6:34 6:21
Roxzone 4:47 5:37
Finish 1:23:19 1:14:34

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Seydou Sam Gap
Manchester 2026 Open Men · 21 Jan 2026 1:23:19 1:23:17 0:02 · Sam faster
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