Mark vs Richard

GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Mark Thomsen

2:41:47 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
2716th of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Richard Lloyd-Hughes

2:38:20 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
2715th of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers

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

Mark: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · Richard: Cardiff 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Mark and Richard sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Mark: strongest on BBJ (faster than 26% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 0%).Richard: strongest on Carry (faster than 6% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 0%).

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Part Mark: faster than Richard: faster than
Ski 0% 4%
Push 14% 1%
Pull 7% 6%
BBJ 26% 1%
Row 1% 1%
Carry 20% 6%
Lunges 10% 0%
Wall balls 20% 0%
Roxzone 1% 5%
Runs 0% 2%

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

Part by part

Part Mark Richard
SkiErg 0% 4%
Sled push 14% 1%
Sled pull 7% 6%
Burpee broad jump 26% 1%
Row 1% 1%
Farmers carry 20% 6%
Sandbag lunges 10% 0%
Wall balls 20% 0%
Roxzone (moving) 1% 5%
Runs (8 km) 0% 2%

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

Mark · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men2:41:47
7:546:0714:093:5911:556:2518:127:1414:596:339:093:2411:017:3712:119:1811:43
Richard · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men2:38:20
6:145:197:056:439:416:407:0913:267:296:258:194:127:0717:3213:3823:307:55
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.Mark · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 1:39:30 running, 50:37 at the stations and 11:43 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:18).Below, Richard · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 1:06:41 running, 1:23:47 at the stations and 7:55 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (23:30).

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Part Mark · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men Richard · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 7:54 6:14
SkiErg 6:07 5:19
Run 2 14:09 7:05
Sled push 3:59 6:43
Run 3 11:55 9:41
Sled pull 6:25 6:40
Run 4 18:12 7:09
Burpee broad jump 7:14 13:26
Run 5 14:59 7:29
Row 6:33 6:25
Run 6 9:09 8:19
Farmers carry 3:24 4:12
Run 7 11:01 7:07
Sandbag lunges 7:37 17:32
Run 8 12:11 13:38
Wall balls 9:18 23:30
Roxzone 11:43 7:55
Finish 2:41:47 2:38:20

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Mark Richard Gap
Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 2:41:47 2:38:20 3:27 · Richard faster
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