Ben vs David

GBR GBR · Open Men · 3 results

Ben Metcalfe

1:25:18 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2025
1189th of 2,041 place in that race · 2,041 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

David Pallas

1:25:30 best Open Men time · London ExCeL 2025
3152nd of 5,554 place in that race · 5,554 Open Men finishers

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

Ben: Cardiff 2025, Open Men · David: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Ben and David sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Ben: strongest on Row (faster than 72% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 11%).David: strongest on Carry (faster than 89% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 31%).

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Part Ben: faster than David: faster than
Ski 11% 36%
Push 61% 36%
Pull 56% 46%
BBJ 45% 42%
Row 72% 31%
Carry 59% 89%
Lunges 21% 57%
Wall balls 31% 36%
Roxzone 50% 36%
Runs 42% 44%

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

Part by part

Part Ben David
SkiErg 11% 36%
Sled push 61% 36%
Sled pull 56% 46%
Burpee broad jump 45% 42%
Row 72% 31%
Farmers carry 59% 89%
Sandbag lunges 21% 57%
Wall balls 31% 36%
Roxzone (moving) 50% 36%
Runs (8 km) 42% 44%

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

Ben · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men1:25:18
5:315:004:502:515:014:345:036:115:194:365:052:014:495:535:567:504:48
David · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men1:25:30
3:214:583:583:014:054:544:075:524:105:094:091:364:104:556:158:2012:37
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.Ben · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men: 41:34 running, 38:56 at the stations and 4:48 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:50).Below, David · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 34:16 running, 38:46 at the stations and 12:37 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:20).

See the numbers
Part Ben · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men David · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 5:31 3:21
SkiErg 5:00 4:58
Run 2 4:50 3:58
Sled push 2:51 3:01
Run 3 5:01 4:05
Sled pull 4:34 4:54
Run 4 5:03 4:07
Burpee broad jump 6:11 5:52
Run 5 5:19 4:10
Row 4:36 5:09
Run 6 5:05 4:09
Farmers carry 2:01 1:36
Run 7 4:49 4:10
Sandbag lunges 5:53 4:55
Run 8 5:56 6:15
Wall balls 7:50 8:20
Roxzone 4:48 12:37
Finish 1:25:18 1:25:30

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Ben David Gap
London ExCeL 2025 Open Men · 4 Dec 2025 1:25:30 1:25:30 level
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