Darren vs Simon

IRL IRL · Open Men · 8 results

Darren Donnelly

1:21:21 best Open Men time · Madrid 2025
1084th of 2,673 place in that race · 2,673 Open Men finishers
CZE CZE · Open Men · 1 result

Simon Kochanek

1:24:28 best Open Men time · Berlin 2026
1901st of 4,143 place in that race · 4,143 Open Men finishers

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

Darren: Madrid 2025, Open Men · Simon: Berlin 2026, Open Men

50% top SkiPushPullBBJ
no split
RowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
DarrenSimonedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Darren and Simon sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Darren: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 81% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 37%).Simon: strongest on Lunges (faster than 88% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 0%).

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Part Darren: faster than Simon: faster than
Ski 51% 36%
Push 51% 59%
Pull 56% 42%
BBJ 40% no split
Row 70% 0%
Carry 73% 45%
Lunges 37% 88%
Wall balls 59% 70%
Roxzone 81% 42%
Runs 54% 29%

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

Part by part

Part Darren Simon
SkiErg 51% 36%
Sled push 51% 59%
Sled pull 56% 42%
Burpee broad jump 40% —
Row 70% 0%
Farmers carry 73% 45%
Sandbag lunges 37% 88%
Wall balls 59% 70%
Roxzone (moving) 81% 42%
Runs (8 km) 54% 29%

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

Darren · Madrid 2025 · Open Men1:21:21
4:454:444:442:574:564:324:535:454:494:384:521:595:005:275:466:145:29
Simon · Berlin 2026 · Open Men1:24:28
3:464:394:233:114:324:334:314:287:384:272:214:314:007:035:5614:32
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.Darren · Madrid 2025 · Open Men: 39:45 running, 36:15 at the stations and 5:29 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:14).Below, Simon · Berlin 2026 · Open Men: 37:41 running, 32:17 at the stations and 14:32 in the roxzone; the longest station was the row (7:38).

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Part Darren · Madrid 2025 · Open Men Simon · Berlin 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:45 3:46
SkiErg 4:44 4:39
Run 2 4:44 4:23
Sled push 2:57 3:11
Run 3 4:56 4:32
Sled pull 4:32 4:33
Run 4 4:53 4:31
Burpee broad jump 5:45 —
Run 5 4:49 4:28
Row 4:38 7:38
Run 6 4:52 4:27
Farmers carry 1:59 2:21
Run 7 5:00 4:31
Sandbag lunges 5:27 4:00
Run 8 5:46 7:03
Wall balls 6:14 5:56
Roxzone 5:29 14:32
Finish 1:21:21 1:24:28

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Darren Simon Gap
Berlin 2026 Open Men · 22 May 2026 1:24:29 1:24:28 0:01 · Simon faster
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