Simon vs Kevin

GBR GBR · Open Men · 6 results

Simon Critchlow

1:27:33 best Open Men time · Manchester 2024
825th of 1,206 place in that race · 1,206 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 8 results

Kevin Ball

1:33:42 best Open Men time · London ExCeL 2025
4125th of 5,554 place in that race · 5,554 Open Men finishers

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

Simon: Manchester 2024, Open Men · Kevin: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Simon and Kevin sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Simon: strongest on Carry (faster than 67% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 11%).Kevin: strongest on Push (faster than 79% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 13%).

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Part Simon: faster than Kevin: faster than
Ski 38% 41%
Push 11% 79%
Pull 36% 57%
BBJ 30% 13%
Row 19% 45%
Carry 67% 16%
Lunges 28% 16%
Wall balls 22% 26%
Roxzone 47% 38%
Runs 35% 25%

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

Part by part

Part Simon Kevin
SkiErg 38% 41%
Sled push 11% 79%
Sled pull 36% 57%
Burpee broad jump 30% 13%
Row 19% 45%
Farmers carry 67% 16%
Sandbag lunges 28% 16%
Wall balls 22% 26%
Roxzone (moving) 47% 38%
Runs (8 km) 35% 25%

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

Simon · Manchester 2024 · Open Men1:27:33
3:444:235:133:155:374:405:285:595:424:585:451:475:395:426:137:525:44
Kevin · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men1:33:42
3:364:554:222:264:294:374:237:594:324:594:372:394:366:596:519:2312:26
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.Simon · Manchester 2024 · Open Men: 43:22 running, 38:36 at the stations and 5:44 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:52).Below, Kevin · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 37:26 running, 43:56 at the stations and 12:26 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:23) and the shortest the sled push (2:26).

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Part Simon · Manchester 2024 · Open Men Kevin · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 3:44 3:36
SkiErg 4:23 4:55
Run 2 5:13 4:22
Sled push 3:15 2:26
Run 3 5:37 4:29
Sled pull 4:40 4:37
Run 4 5:28 4:23
Burpee broad jump 5:59 7:59
Run 5 5:42 4:32
Row 4:58 4:59
Run 6 5:45 4:37
Farmers carry 1:47 2:39
Run 7 5:39 4:36
Sandbag lunges 5:42 6:59
Run 8 6:13 6:51
Wall balls 7:52 9:23
Roxzone 5:44 12:26
Finish 1:27:33 1:33:42

Head to head: 3 races they both ran

Race Simon Kevin Gap
Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 1:37:15 1:37:17 0:02 · Simon faster
Manchester 2026 Doubles Mixed · 21 Jan 2026 1:24:15 1:20:12 4:03 · Kevin faster
Birmingham 2025 Doubles Men · 22 Oct 2025 1:25:43 1:25:25 0:18 · Kevin faster
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