Karen vs Thea
GBR · Open Women · 1 result Karen McCowan
IRL · Open Women · 4 results Thea Burrowes
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Karen: Glasgow 2026, Open Women · Thea: London ExCeL 2025, Open Women
This chart shows where Karen and Thea sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Karen: strongest on Ski (faster than 45% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 8%).Thea: strongest on Lunges (faster than 60% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 1%).
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| Part | Karen: faster than | Thea: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 45% | 13% |
| Push | 33% | 11% |
| Pull | 43% | 30% |
| BBJ | 27% | 18% |
| Row | 29% | 1% |
| Carry | 12% | 4% |
| Lunges | 21% | 60% |
| Wall balls | 30% | 43% |
| Roxzone | 32% | 7% |
| Runs | 8% | 8% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Karen | Thea |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 45% | 13% |
| Sled push | 33% | 11% |
| Sled pull | 43% | 30% |
| Burpee broad jump | 27% | 18% |
| Row | 29% | 1% |
| Farmers carry | 12% | 4% |
| Sandbag lunges | 21% | 60% |
| Wall balls | 30% | 43% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 32% | 7% |
| Runs (8 km) | 8% | 8% |
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.Karen · Glasgow 2026 · Open Women: 1:04:44 running, 46:23 at the stations and 6:31 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:33) and the shortest the sled push (3:04).Below, Thea · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Women: 48:35 running, 47:45 at the stations and 18:20 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (8:59) and the shortest the sled push (3:37).
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| Part | Karen · Glasgow 2026 · Open Women | Thea · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Women |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 7:16 | 4:50 |
| SkiErg | 5:18 | 6:06 |
| Run 2 | 7:33 | 5:19 |
| Sled push | 3:04 | 3:37 |
| Run 3 | 7:54 | 5:40 |
| Sled pull | 5:24 | 6:15 |
| Run 4 | 7:53 | 5:46 |
| Burpee broad jump | 8:30 | 8:59 |
| Run 5 | 8:05 | 6:05 |
| Row | 5:55 | 7:12 |
| Run 6 | 8:20 | 5:40 |
| Farmers carry | 3:06 | 3:39 |
| Run 7 | 8:15 | 6:34 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:33 | 4:44 |
| Run 8 | 9:29 | 8:40 |
| Wall balls | 8:33 | 7:13 |
| Roxzone | 6:31 | 18:20 |
| Finish | 1:57:32 | 1:54:33 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Karen | Thea | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glasgow 2026 Open Women · 11 Mar 2026 | 1:57:32 | 1:57:33 | 0:01 · Karen faster |
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