Simon vs Ben
GBR · Open Men · 6 results Simon Critchlow
GBR · Open Men · 2 results Ben Meara
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Simon: Manchester 2024, Open Men · Ben: Cardiff 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Simon and Ben 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%).Ben: strongest on BBJ (faster than 41% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 6%).
See the numbers
| Part | Simon: faster than | Ben: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 38% | 24% |
| Push | 11% | 27% |
| Pull | 36% | 7% |
| BBJ | 30% | 41% |
| Row | 19% | 10% |
| Carry | 67% | 6% |
| Lunges | 28% | 32% |
| Wall balls | 22% | 21% |
| Roxzone | 47% | 13% |
| Runs | 35% | 32% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Simon | Ben |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 38% | 24% |
| Sled push | 11% | 27% |
| Sled pull | 36% | 7% |
| Burpee broad jump | 30% | 41% |
| Row | 19% | 10% |
| Farmers carry | 67% | 6% |
| Sandbag lunges | 28% | 32% |
| Wall balls | 22% | 21% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 47% | 13% |
| Runs (8 km) | 35% | 32% |
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.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, Ben · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 45:23 running, 45:45 at the stations and 6:15 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:17) and the shortest the sled push (3:32).
See the numbers
| Part | Simon · Manchester 2024 · Open Men | Ben · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:44 | 5:43 |
| SkiErg | 4:23 | 4:49 |
| Run 2 | 5:13 | 5:14 |
| Sled push | 3:15 | 3:32 |
| Run 3 | 5:37 | 5:42 |
| Sled pull | 4:40 | 6:27 |
| Run 4 | 5:28 | 5:31 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:59 | 6:16 |
| Run 5 | 5:42 | 5:36 |
| Row | 4:58 | 5:30 |
| Run 6 | 5:45 | 5:51 |
| Farmers carry | 1:47 | 4:11 |
| Run 7 | 5:39 | 5:17 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:42 | 5:43 |
| Run 8 | 6:13 | 6:29 |
| Wall balls | 7:52 | 9:17 |
| Roxzone | 5:44 | 6:15 |
| Finish | 1:27:33 | 1:37:19 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Simon | Ben | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 | 1:37:15 | 1:37:19 | 0:04 · Simon faster |
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