Mark vs Paul
Mark Thomsen
Paul Wright
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Mark: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · Paul: Vancouver 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Mark and Paul 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%).Paul: strongest on Carry (faster than 76% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 21%).
See the numbers
| Part | Mark: faster than | Paul: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 0% | 73% |
| Push | 14% | 52% |
| Pull | 7% | 53% |
| BBJ | 26% | 38% |
| Row | 1% | 47% |
| Carry | 20% | 76% |
| Lunges | 10% | 37% |
| Wall balls | 20% | 21% |
| Roxzone | 1% | 43% |
| Runs | 0% | 43% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Mark | Paul |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 0% | 73% |
| Sled push | 14% | 52% |
| Sled pull | 7% | 53% |
| Burpee broad jump | 26% | 38% |
| Row | 1% | 47% |
| Farmers carry | 20% | 76% |
| Sandbag lunges | 10% | 37% |
| Wall balls | 20% | 21% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 1% | 43% |
| Runs (8 km) | 0% | 43% |
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.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, Paul · Vancouver 2025 · Open Men: 45:43 running, 41:58 at the stations and 9:24 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:22).
See the numbers
| Part | Mark · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men | Paul · Vancouver 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 7:54 | 3:38 |
| SkiErg | 6:07 | 4:26 |
| Run 2 | 14:09 | 5:48 |
| Sled push | 3:59 | 2:40 |
| Run 3 | 11:55 | 5:55 |
| Sled pull | 6:25 | 5:09 |
| Run 4 | 18:12 | 5:54 |
| Burpee broad jump | 7:14 | 6:23 |
| Run 5 | 14:59 | 6:03 |
| Row | 6:33 | 4:59 |
| Run 6 | 9:09 | 5:55 |
| Farmers carry | 3:24 | 1:55 |
| Run 7 | 11:01 | 5:55 |
| Sandbag lunges | 7:37 | 6:04 |
| Run 8 | 12:11 | 6:35 |
| Wall balls | 9:18 | 10:22 |
| Roxzone | 11:43 | 9:24 |
| Finish | 2:41:47 | 1:36:57 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Mark | Paul | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 | 2:41:47 | 2:36:19 | 5:28 · Paul faster |
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