Simon vs Riccardo

GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Simon Blacher

1:26:30 best Open Men time · London ExCeL 2025
3283rd of 5,554 place in that race · 5,554 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Riccardo Meola

1:20:17 best Open Men time · London 2024
827th of 2,324 place in that race · 2,324 Open Men finishers

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

Simon: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men · Riccardo: London 2024, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Simon and Riccardo sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Simon: strongest on Ski (faster than 72% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 21%).Riccardo: strongest on Push (faster than 80% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 11%).

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Part Simon: faster than Riccardo: faster than
Ski 72% 79%
Push 32% 80%
Pull 45% 70%
BBJ 37% 58%
Row 28% 38%
Carry 21% 38%
Lunges 52% 11%
Wall balls 45% 70%
Roxzone 53% 79%
Runs 33% 70%

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

Part by part

Part Simon Riccardo
SkiErg 72% 79%
Sled push 32% 80%
Sled pull 45% 70%
Burpee broad jump 37% 58%
Row 28% 38%
Farmers carry 21% 38%
Sandbag lunges 52% 11%
Wall balls 45% 70%
Roxzone (moving) 53% 79%
Runs (8 km) 33% 70%

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 · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men1:26:30
3:064:393:503:044:224:564:246:074:285:114:392:314:155:076:467:3811:34
Riccardo · London 2024 · Open Men1:20:17
5:234:134:062:354:194:304:205:344:494:554:292:174:317:184:585:446:24
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 · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 35:50 running, 39:13 at the stations and 11:34 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:38).Below, Riccardo · London 2024 · Open Men: 36:55 running, 37:06 at the stations and 6:24 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (7:18).

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Part Simon · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men Riccardo · London 2024 · Open Men
Run 1 3:06 5:23
SkiErg 4:39 4:13
Run 2 3:50 4:06
Sled push 3:04 2:35
Run 3 4:22 4:19
Sled pull 4:56 4:30
Run 4 4:24 4:20
Burpee broad jump 6:07 5:34
Run 5 4:28 4:49
Row 5:11 4:55
Run 6 4:39 4:29
Farmers carry 2:31 2:17
Run 7 4:15 4:31
Sandbag lunges 5:07 7:18
Run 8 6:46 4:58
Wall balls 7:38 5:44
Roxzone 11:34 6:24
Finish 1:26:30 1:20:17

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Simon Riccardo Gap
London ExCeL 2025 Open Men · 4 Dec 2025 1:26:30 1:26:30 level
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