Ian vs Alex

GBR GBR · Open Men · 4 results

Ian Shepherd

1:39:41 best Open Men time · London ExCeL 2025
4620th of 5,554 place in that race · 5,554 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Alex Calvert

1:47:02 best Open Men time · Manchester 2026
2205th of 2,544 place in that race · 2,544 Open Men finishers

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

Ian: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men · Alex: Manchester 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Ian and Alex sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Ian: strongest on BBJ (faster than 28% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 6%).Alex: strongest on Push (faster than 55% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 7%).

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Part Ian: faster than Alex: faster than
Ski 13% 7%
Push 10% 55%
Pull 6% 22%
BBJ 28% 26%
Row 15% 31%
Carry 14% 50%
Lunges 27% 10%
Wall balls 12% 7%
Roxzone 27% 26%
Runs 24% 13%

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

Part by part

Part Ian Alex
SkiErg 13% 7%
Sled push 10% 55%
Sled pull 6% 22%
Burpee broad jump 28% 26%
Row 15% 31%
Farmers carry 14% 50%
Sandbag lunges 27% 10%
Wall balls 12% 7%
Roxzone (moving) 27% 26%
Runs (8 km) 24% 13%

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

Ian · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men1:39:41
3:335:174:173:434:457:214:396:394:375:264:342:444:376:106:3811:3313:16
Alex · Manchester 2026 · Open Men1:47:02
4:294:576:252:396:445:237:026:417:124:577:232:107:148:016:1412:307:09
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.Ian · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 37:40 running, 48:53 at the stations and 13:16 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (11:33).Below, Alex · Manchester 2026 · Open Men: 52:42 running, 47:18 at the stations and 7:09 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (12:30).

See the numbers
Part Ian · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men Alex · Manchester 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:33 4:29
SkiErg 5:17 4:57
Run 2 4:17 6:25
Sled push 3:43 2:39
Run 3 4:45 6:44
Sled pull 7:21 5:23
Run 4 4:39 7:02
Burpee broad jump 6:39 6:41
Run 5 4:37 7:12
Row 5:26 4:57
Run 6 4:34 7:23
Farmers carry 2:44 2:10
Run 7 4:37 7:14
Sandbag lunges 6:10 8:01
Run 8 6:38 6:14
Wall balls 11:33 12:30
Roxzone 13:16 7:09
Finish 1:39:41 1:47:02

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Ian Alex Gap
Manchester 2026 Open Men · 21 Jan 2026 1:47:18 1:47:02 0:16 · Alex faster
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