Will vs Alex

GBR GBR · Open Men · 6 results

Will Birch

1:18:15 best Open Men time · London 2025
738th of 1,917 place in that race · 1,917 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Alex Francis

1:18:16 best Open Men time · London 2025
739th of 1,917 place in that race · 1,917 Open Men finishers

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

Will: London 2025, Open Men · Alex: London 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Will and Alex sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Will: strongest on Carry (faster than 83% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 13%).Alex: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 80% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 42%).

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Part Will: faster than Alex: faster than
Ski 36% 42%
Push 51% 44%
Pull 77% 75%
BBJ 56% 60%
Row 42% 71%
Carry 83% 76%
Lunges 13% 55%
Wall balls 63% 80%
Roxzone 76% 66%
Runs 68% 48%

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

Part by part

Part Will Alex
SkiErg 36% 42%
Sled push 51% 44%
Sled pull 77% 75%
Burpee broad jump 56% 60%
Row 42% 71%
Farmers carry 83% 76%
Sandbag lunges 13% 55%
Wall balls 63% 80%
Roxzone (moving) 76% 66%
Runs (8 km) 68% 48%

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

Will · London 2025 · Open Men1:18:15
4:214:294:082:484:223:444:245:034:434:454:361:464:497:146:096:274:36
Alex · London 2025 · Open Men1:18:16
5:004:264:472:534:533:465:004:525:164:314:481:514:474:576:075:374:54
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.Will · London 2025 · Open Men: 37:32 running, 36:16 at the stations and 4:36 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (7:14).Below, Alex · London 2025 · Open Men: 40:38 running, 32:53 at the stations and 4:54 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:37).

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Part Will · London 2025 · Open Men Alex · London 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 4:21 5:00
SkiErg 4:29 4:26
Run 2 4:08 4:47
Sled push 2:48 2:53
Run 3 4:22 4:53
Sled pull 3:44 3:46
Run 4 4:24 5:00
Burpee broad jump 5:03 4:52
Run 5 4:43 5:16
Row 4:45 4:31
Run 6 4:36 4:48
Farmers carry 1:46 1:51
Run 7 4:49 4:47
Sandbag lunges 7:14 4:57
Run 8 6:09 6:07
Wall balls 6:27 5:37
Roxzone 4:36 4:54
Finish 1:18:15 1:18:16

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Will Alex Gap
London 2025 Open Men · 3 May 2025 1:18:15 1:18:16 0:01 · Will faster
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