Richard vs Rob

IRL IRL · Open Men · 3 results

Richard Butler

1:39:36 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
2187th of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 5 results

Rob Oliver

1:35:42 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
2904th of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers

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

Richard: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · Rob: Birmingham Birm, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Richard and Rob sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Richard: strongest on Pull (faster than 73% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 10%).Rob: strongest on BBJ (faster than 34% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 4%).

See the numbers
Part Richard: faster than Rob: faster than
Ski 10% 13%
Push 42% 4%
Pull 73% 13%
BBJ 22% 34%
Row 27% 17%
Carry 45% 19%
Lunges 15% 22%
Wall balls 12% 31%
Roxzone 38% 30%
Runs 16% 32%

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

Part by part

Part Richard Rob
SkiErg 10% 13%
Sled push 42% 4%
Sled pull 73% 13%
Burpee broad jump 22% 34%
Row 27% 17%
Farmers carry 45% 19%
Sandbag lunges 15% 22%
Wall balls 12% 31%
Roxzone (moving) 38% 30%
Runs (8 km) 16% 32%

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

Richard · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:39:36
6:215:045:343:145:513:505:577:326:415:066:172:485:416:507:5310:354:25
Rob · Birmingham Birm · Open Men1:35:42
6:025:015:105:185:196:055:176:195:255:175:062:425:176:235:208:227:27
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.Richard · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 50:14 running, 44:58 at the stations and 4:25 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:35).Below, Rob · Birmingham Birm · Open Men: 42:56 running, 45:27 at the stations and 7:27 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:22).

See the numbers
Part Richard · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men Rob · Birmingham Birm · Open Men
Run 1 6:21 6:02
SkiErg 5:04 5:01
Run 2 5:34 5:10
Sled push 3:14 5:18
Run 3 5:51 5:19
Sled pull 3:50 6:05
Run 4 5:57 5:17
Burpee broad jump 7:32 6:19
Run 5 6:41 5:25
Row 5:06 5:17
Run 6 6:17 5:06
Farmers carry 2:48 2:42
Run 7 5:41 5:17
Sandbag lunges 6:50 6:23
Run 8 7:53 5:20
Wall balls 10:35 8:22
Roxzone 4:25 7:27
Finish 1:39:36 1:35:42

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Richard Rob Gap
Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 1:39:36 1:39:37 0:01 · Richard faster
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