Sam vs Xander

GBR GBR · Open Men · 5 results

Sam Hudson

1:30:15 best Open Men time · Mechelen 2025
1008th of 1,638 place in that race · 1,638 Open Men finishers
BEL BEL · Open Men · 3 results

Xander Achtergael

1:23:04 best Open Men time · Rotterdam 2025
971st of 2,469 place in that race · 2,469 Open Men finishers

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

Sam: Mechelen 2025, Open Men · Xander: Rotterdam 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Sam and Xander sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Sam: strongest on Carry (faster than 87% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 17%).Xander: strongest on BBJ (faster than 76% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 14%).

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Part Sam: faster than Xander: faster than
Ski 39% 56%
Push 31% 36%
Pull 73% 45%
BBJ 17% 76%
Row 31% 53%
Carry 87% 14%
Lunges 51% 61%
Wall balls 46% 70%
Roxzone 48% 59%
Runs 29% 57%

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

Part by part

Part Sam Xander
SkiErg 39% 56%
Sled push 31% 36%
Sled pull 73% 45%
Burpee broad jump 17% 76%
Row 31% 53%
Farmers carry 87% 14%
Sandbag lunges 51% 61%
Wall balls 46% 70%
Roxzone (moving) 48% 59%
Runs (8 km) 29% 57%

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

Sam · Mechelen 2025 · Open Men1:30:15
6:404:334:302:504:584:225:107:375:255:025:151:425:055:135:316:259:57
Xander · Rotterdam 2025 · Open Men1:23:04
5:224:234:533:015:045:155:104:475:124:435:122:435:184:475:415:146:27
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.Sam · Mechelen 2025 · Open Men: 42:35 running, 37:44 at the stations and 9:57 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (7:37).Below, Xander · Rotterdam 2025 · Open Men: 41:52 running, 34:53 at the stations and 6:27 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sled pull (5:15).

See the numbers
Part Sam · Mechelen 2025 · Open Men Xander · Rotterdam 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 6:40 5:22
SkiErg 4:33 4:23
Run 2 4:30 4:53
Sled push 2:50 3:01
Run 3 4:58 5:04
Sled pull 4:22 5:15
Run 4 5:10 5:10
Burpee broad jump 7:37 4:47
Run 5 5:25 5:12
Row 5:02 4:43
Run 6 5:15 5:12
Farmers carry 1:42 2:43
Run 7 5:05 5:18
Sandbag lunges 5:13 4:47
Run 8 5:31 5:41
Wall balls 6:25 5:14
Roxzone 9:57 6:27
Finish 1:30:15 1:23:04

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Sam Xander Gap
Mechelen 2025 Open Men · 4 Apr 2025 1:30:15 1:30:15 level
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