James vs Sam

GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

James Baker

1:56:46 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
2572nd of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Sam Gunton

1:56:34 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
2570th of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers

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

James: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · Sam: Cardiff 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where James and Sam sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.James: strongest on Row (faster than 23% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 1%).Sam: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 20% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 5%).

See the numbers
Part James: faster than Sam: faster than
Ski 22% 5%
Push 14% 11%
Pull 5% 6%
BBJ 13% 7%
Row 23% 15%
Carry 6% 12%
Lunges 1% 10%
Wall balls 20% 5%
Roxzone 17% 20%
Runs 7% 7%

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

Part by part

Part James Sam
SkiErg 22% 5%
Sled push 14% 11%
Sled pull 5% 6%
Burpee broad jump 13% 7%
Row 23% 15%
Farmers carry 6% 12%
Sandbag lunges 1% 10%
Wall balls 20% 5%
Roxzone (moving) 17% 20%
Runs (8 km) 7% 7%

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

James · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:56:46
6:184:517:393:588:356:538:028:266:035:116:184:115:4612:157:229:225:40
Sam · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:56:34
6:535:166:114:076:106:416:239:396:245:226:503:469:537:287:3512:365:24
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.James · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 56:03 running, 55:07 at the stations and 5:40 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (12:15) and the shortest the sled push (3:58).Below, Sam · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 56:18 running, 54:56 at the stations and 5:24 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (12:36).

See the numbers
Part James · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men Sam · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 6:18 6:53
SkiErg 4:51 5:16
Run 2 7:39 6:11
Sled push 3:58 4:07
Run 3 8:35 6:10
Sled pull 6:53 6:41
Run 4 8:02 6:23
Burpee broad jump 8:26 9:39
Run 5 6:03 6:24
Row 5:11 5:22
Run 6 6:18 6:50
Farmers carry 4:11 3:46
Run 7 5:46 9:53
Sandbag lunges 12:15 7:28
Run 8 7:22 7:35
Wall balls 9:22 12:36
Roxzone 5:40 5:24
Finish 1:56:46 1:56:34

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race James Sam Gap
Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 1:56:46 1:56:34 0:12 · Sam faster
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