Benoit vs Richard
Benoit Hallez
Richard Smith
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Benoit: Mechelen 2025, Open Men · Richard: Cardiff 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Benoit and Richard sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Benoit: strongest on Pull (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 74%).Richard: strongest on Ski (faster than 97% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 69%).
See the numbers
| Part | Benoit: faster than | Richard: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 88% | 97% |
| Push | 84% | 94% |
| Pull | 99% | 93% |
| BBJ | 98% | 88% |
| Row | 93% | 94% |
| Carry | 97% | 96% |
| Lunges | 89% | 69% |
| Wall balls | 86% | 81% |
| Roxzone | 74% | 89% |
| Runs | 79% | 95% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Benoit | Richard |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 88% | 97% |
| Sled push | 84% | 94% |
| Sled pull | 99% | 93% |
| Burpee broad jump | 98% | 88% |
| Row | 93% | 94% |
| Farmers carry | 97% | 96% |
| Sandbag lunges | 89% | 69% |
| Wall balls | 86% | 81% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 74% | 89% |
| Runs (8 km) | 79% | 95% |
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.Benoit · Mechelen 2025 · Open Men: 34:17 running, 27:04 at the stations and 8:28 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (4:43).Below, Richard · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 33:35 running, 29:40 at the stations and 2:51 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:09).
See the numbers
| Part | Benoit · Mechelen 2025 · Open Men | Richard · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:56 | 4:06 |
| SkiErg | 4:08 | 4:06 |
| Run 2 | 3:43 | 3:51 |
| Sled push | 2:06 | 2:16 |
| Run 3 | 4:02 | 4:15 |
| Sled pull | 3:00 | 3:16 |
| Run 4 | 4:14 | 4:08 |
| Burpee broad jump | 3:17 | 4:10 |
| Run 5 | 4:13 | 4:14 |
| Row | 4:21 | 4:21 |
| Run 6 | 4:13 | 4:19 |
| Farmers carry | 1:29 | 1:55 |
| Run 7 | 4:17 | 3:57 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:00 | 4:26 |
| Run 8 | 4:39 | 4:45 |
| Wall balls | 4:43 | 5:09 |
| Roxzone | 8:28 | 2:51 |
| Finish | 1:09:49 | 1:06:02 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Benoit | Richard | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madrid 2025 Open Men · 29 Nov 2025 | 1:14:18 | 1:14:16 | 0:02 · Richard faster |
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