Daniel vs Alex

GBR GBR · Open Men · 4 results

Daniel Sprake

1:18:03 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
1348th of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 7 results

Alex Ford

1:18:03 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
1346th of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers

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

Daniel: Birmingham Birm, Open Men · Alex: Birmingham Birm, Pro Men

Not the same division. Daniel's race here is Open Men and Alex's is Pro Men, with different weights and fields. The chart shows how each did against their own field, not who is faster.

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

This chart shows where Daniel and Alex sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Daniel: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 84% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 18%).Alex: strongest on Runs (faster than 96% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 70%).

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Part Daniel: faster than Alex: faster than
Ski 42% 78%
Push 18% 95%
Pull 53% 84%
BBJ 70% 73%
Row 46% 87%
Carry 22% 91%
Lunges 49% 86%
Wall balls 84% 70%
Roxzone 73% 94%
Runs 65% 96%

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

Part by part

Part Daniel Alex
SkiErg 42% 78%
Sled push 18% 95%
Sled pull 53% 84%
Burpee broad jump 70% 73%
Row 46% 87%
Farmers carry 22% 91%
Sandbag lunges 49% 86%
Wall balls 84% 70%
Roxzone (moving) 73% 94%
Runs (8 km) 65% 96%

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

Daniel · Birmingham Birm · Open Men1:18:03
5:144:374:234:044:274:324:274:414:344:514:382:374:315:104:425:125:31
Alex · Birmingham Birm · Pro Men1:02:33
3:554:093:302:563:364:033:333:283:284:123:331:333:323:303:375:544:12
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.Daniel · Birmingham Birm · Open Men: 36:56 running, 35:44 at the stations and 5:31 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:12).Below, Alex · Birmingham Birm · Pro Men: 28:44 running, 29:45 at the stations and 4:12 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:54).

See the numbers
Part Daniel · Birmingham Birm · Open Men Alex · Birmingham Birm · Pro Men
Run 1 5:14 3:55
SkiErg 4:37 4:09
Run 2 4:23 3:30
Sled push 4:04 2:56
Run 3 4:27 3:36
Sled pull 4:32 4:03
Run 4 4:27 3:33
Burpee broad jump 4:41 3:28
Run 5 4:34 3:28
Row 4:51 4:12
Run 6 4:38 3:33
Farmers carry 2:37 1:33
Run 7 4:31 3:32
Sandbag lunges 5:10 3:30
Run 8 4:42 3:37
Wall balls 5:12 5:54
Roxzone 5:31 4:12
Finish 1:18:03 1:02:33

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Daniel Alex Gap
Birmingham Birm Open Men · 31 Oct 2026 1:18:03 1:18:03 level
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