Simon vs Raphael

GBR GBR · Pro Men · 4 results

Simon Towler

1:10:20 best Pro Men time · Manchester 2024
29th of 147 place in that race · 147 Pro Men finishers
GER GER · Pro Men · 21 results

Raphael Merkt

1:06:36 best Pro Men time · Geneva 2025
29th of 257 place in that race · 257 Pro Men finishers

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

Simon: Manchester 2024, Pro Men · Raphael: London Olympia (EMEA Championship) 2026, Open Men

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

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

This chart shows where Simon and Raphael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Simon: strongest on BBJ (faster than 95% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 18%).Raphael: strongest on Pull (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 73%).

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Part Simon: faster than Raphael: faster than
Ski 18% 92%
Push 73% 99%
Pull 86% 99%
BBJ 95% 73%
Row 36% 82%
Carry 60% 99%
Lunges 70% 81%
Wall balls 84% 97%
Roxzone 78% 88%
Runs 67% 86%

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

Part by part

Part Simon Raphael
SkiErg 18% 92%
Sled push 73% 99%
Sled pull 86% 99%
Burpee broad jump 95% 73%
Row 36% 82%
Farmers carry 60% 99%
Sandbag lunges 70% 81%
Wall balls 84% 97%
Roxzone (moving) 78% 88%
Runs (8 km) 67% 86%

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 · Pro Men1:10:20
3:084:144:322:404:334:094:343:074:334:314:421:514:444:355:035:074:23
Raphael · London Olympia (EMEA Championship) 2026 · Open Men58:25
3:413:563:281:363:332:113:403:333:484:163:411:223:483:235:023:393:53
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 · Pro Men: 35:49 running, 30:14 at the stations and 4:23 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:07).Below, Raphael · London Olympia (EMEA Championship) 2026 · Open Men: 30:41 running, 23:56 at the stations and 3:53 in the roxzone; the longest station was the row (4:16).

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Part Simon · Manchester 2024 · Pro Men Raphael · London Olympia (EMEA Championship) 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:08 3:41
SkiErg 4:14 3:56
Run 2 4:32 3:28
Sled push 2:40 1:36
Run 3 4:33 3:33
Sled pull 4:09 2:11
Run 4 4:34 3:40
Burpee broad jump 3:07 3:33
Run 5 4:33 3:48
Row 4:31 4:16
Run 6 4:42 3:41
Farmers carry 1:51 1:22
Run 7 4:44 3:48
Sandbag lunges 4:35 3:23
Run 8 5:03 5:02
Wall balls 5:07 3:39
Roxzone 4:23 3:53
Finish 1:10:20 58:25

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Simon Raphael Gap
Manchester 2024 Pro Men · 9 Nov 2024 1:10:20 1:09:39 0:41 · Raphael faster
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