Chris vs Ben

AUS AUS · Open Men · 7 results

Chris Connolly

1:29:04 best Open Men time · Melbourne 2024
1552nd of 2,673 place in that race · 2,673 Open Men finishers
AUS AUS · Open Men · 2 results

Ben Tran

1:33:22 best Open Men time · Melbourne 2025
1990th of 2,868 place in that race · 2,868 Open Men finishers

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

Chris: Melbourne 2024, Open Men · Ben: Melbourne 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Chris and Ben sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Chris: strongest on Ski (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 13%).Ben: strongest on Ski (faster than 64% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 11%).

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Part Chris: faster than Ben: faster than
Ski 99% 64%
Push 50% 23%
Pull 18% 45%
BBJ 54% 11%
Row 62% 57%
Carry 59% 16%
Lunges 74% 27%
Wall balls 62% 30%
Roxzone 13% 31%
Runs 42% 36%

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

Part by part

Part Chris Ben
SkiErg 99% 64%
Sled push 50% 23%
Sled pull 18% 45%
Burpee broad jump 54% 11%
Row 62% 57%
Farmers carry 59% 16%
Sandbag lunges 74% 27%
Wall balls 62% 30%
Roxzone (moving) 13% 31%
Runs (8 km) 42% 36%

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

Chris · Melbourne 2024 · Open Men1:29:04
2:373:495:032:175:486:095:525:205:464:435:482:035:354:376:425:4011:23
Ben · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men1:33:22
2:254:215:033:175:154:585:157:515:464:435:352:465:276:156:297:5010:15
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.Chris · Melbourne 2024 · Open Men: 43:11 running, 34:38 at the stations and 11:23 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sled pull (6:09).Below, Ben · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men: 41:15 running, 42:01 at the stations and 10:15 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (7:51).

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Part Chris · Melbourne 2024 · Open Men Ben · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 2:37 2:25
SkiErg 3:49 4:21
Run 2 5:03 5:03
Sled push 2:17 3:17
Run 3 5:48 5:15
Sled pull 6:09 4:58
Run 4 5:52 5:15
Burpee broad jump 5:20 7:51
Run 5 5:46 5:46
Row 4:43 4:43
Run 6 5:48 5:35
Farmers carry 2:03 2:46
Run 7 5:35 5:27
Sandbag lunges 4:37 6:15
Run 8 6:42 6:29
Wall balls 5:40 7:50
Roxzone 11:23 10:15
Finish 1:29:04 1:33:22

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Chris Ben Gap
Melbourne 2025 Open Men · 11 Dec 2025 1:33:22 1:33:22 level
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