Ian vs Alex
Ian Shepherd
Alex Calvert
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Ian: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men · Alex: Manchester 2026, Open Men
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%).
See the numbers
| 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
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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