Alex vs Ian

GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Alex Calvert

1:47:02 best Open Men time · Manchester 2026
2205th of 2,544 place in that race · 2,544 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 4 results

Ian Shepherd

1:39:41 best Open Men time · London ExCeL 2025
4620th of 5,554 place in that race · 5,554 Open Men finishers

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

Alex: Manchester 2026, Open Men · Ian: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Alex and Ian sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Alex: strongest on Push (faster than 55% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 7%).Ian: strongest on BBJ (faster than 28% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 6%).

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Part Alex: faster than Ian: faster than
Ski 7% 13%
Push 55% 10%
Pull 22% 6%
BBJ 26% 28%
Row 31% 15%
Carry 50% 14%
Lunges 10% 27%
Wall balls 7% 12%
Roxzone 26% 27%
Runs 13% 24%

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

Part by part

Part Alex Ian
SkiErg 7% 13%
Sled push 55% 10%
Sled pull 22% 6%
Burpee broad jump 26% 28%
Row 31% 15%
Farmers carry 50% 14%
Sandbag lunges 10% 27%
Wall balls 7% 12%
Roxzone (moving) 26% 27%
Runs (8 km) 13% 24%

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

Alex · Manchester 2026 · Open Men1:47:02
4:294:576:252:396:445:237:026:417:124:577:232:107:148:016:1412:307:09
Ian · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men1:39:41
3:335:174:173:434:457:214:396:394:375:264:342:444:376:106:3811:3313:16
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.Alex · Manchester 2026 · Open Men: 52:42 running, 47:18 at the stations and 7:09 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (12:30).Below, Ian · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 37:40 running, 48:53 at the stations and 13:16 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (11:33).

See the numbers
Part Alex · Manchester 2026 · Open Men Ian · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 4:29 3:33
SkiErg 4:57 5:17
Run 2 6:25 4:17
Sled push 2:39 3:43
Run 3 6:44 4:45
Sled pull 5:23 7:21
Run 4 7:02 4:39
Burpee broad jump 6:41 6:39
Run 5 7:12 4:37
Row 4:57 5:26
Run 6 7:23 4:34
Farmers carry 2:10 2:44
Run 7 7:14 4:37
Sandbag lunges 8:01 6:10
Run 8 6:14 6:38
Wall balls 12:30 11:33
Roxzone 7:09 13:16
Finish 1:47:02 1:39:41

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Alex Ian Gap
Manchester 2026 Open Men · 21 Jan 2026 1:47:02 1:47:18 0:16 · Alex faster
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