Mark vs Ben

GBR GBR · Open Men · 5 results

Mark Davies

1:04:49 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
126th of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 5 results

Ben Smith

1:04:42 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
125th of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers

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

Mark: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · Ben: Cardiff 2026, Open Men

50% SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
MarkBenedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Mark and Ben sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Mark: strongest on Carry (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 89%).Ben: strongest on Carry (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 63%).

See the numbers
Part Mark: faster than Ben: faster than
Ski 92% 96%
Push 92% 81%
Pull 97% 72%
BBJ 94% 84%
Row 94% 95%
Carry 99% 99%
Lunges 95% 99%
Wall balls 89% 89%
Roxzone 91% 63%
Runs 91% 97%

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

Part by part

Part Mark Ben
SkiErg 92% 96%
Sled push 92% 81%
Sled pull 97% 72%
Burpee broad jump 94% 84%
Row 94% 95%
Farmers carry 99% 99%
Sandbag lunges 95% 99%
Wall balls 89% 89%
Roxzone (moving) 91% 63%
Runs (8 km) 91% 97%

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

Mark · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:04:49
4:244:124:002:214:133:014:123:464:244:214:241:434:073:204:534:432:48
Ben · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:04:42
4:194:073:552:354:113:523:574:224:004:204:051:463:382:584:264:423:32
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.Mark · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 34:37 running, 27:28 at the stations and 2:48 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (4:43).Below, Ben · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 32:31 running, 28:43 at the stations and 3:32 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (4:42).

See the numbers
Part Mark · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men Ben · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:24 4:19
SkiErg 4:12 4:07
Run 2 4:00 3:55
Sled push 2:21 2:35
Run 3 4:13 4:11
Sled pull 3:01 3:52
Run 4 4:12 3:57
Burpee broad jump 3:46 4:22
Run 5 4:24 4:00
Row 4:21 4:20
Run 6 4:24 4:05
Farmers carry 1:43 1:46
Run 7 4:07 3:38
Sandbag lunges 3:20 2:58
Run 8 4:53 4:26
Wall balls 4:43 4:42
Roxzone 2:48 3:32
Finish 1:04:49 1:04:42

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Mark Ben Gap
Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 1:04:49 1:04:42 0:07 · Ben faster
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