Simon vs James
GBR · Open Men · 1 result Simon Bedford-Smith
GBR · Open Men · 12 results James Richardson
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Simon: Birmingham 2025, Open Men · James: Mechelen 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Simon and James sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Simon: strongest on Pull (faster than 71% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 19%).James: strongest on Carry (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 53%).
See the numbers
| Part | Simon: faster than | James: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 45% | 65% |
| Push | 31% | 90% |
| Pull | 71% | 84% |
| BBJ | 33% | 85% |
| Row | 45% | 84% |
| Carry | 21% | 99% |
| Lunges | 49% | 70% |
| Wall balls | 43% | 53% |
| Roxzone | 47% | 86% |
| Runs | 19% | 79% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Simon | James |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 45% | 65% |
| Sled push | 31% | 90% |
| Sled pull | 71% | 84% |
| Burpee broad jump | 33% | 85% |
| Row | 45% | 84% |
| Farmers carry | 21% | 99% |
| Sandbag lunges | 49% | 70% |
| Wall balls | 43% | 53% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 47% | 86% |
| Runs (8 km) | 19% | 79% |
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
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 · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 46:32 running, 39:46 at the stations and 6:49 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:46).Below, James · Mechelen 2026 · Open Men: 34:04 running, 31:05 at the stations and 6:20 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:35).
See the numbers
| Part | Simon · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men | James · Mechelen 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 6:02 | 3:23 |
| SkiErg | 4:32 | 4:21 |
| Run 2 | 5:11 | 4:08 |
| Sled push | 3:47 | 2:07 |
| Run 3 | 5:32 | 4:18 |
| Sled pull | 4:27 | 3:36 |
| Run 4 | 5:32 | 4:23 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:26 | 4:11 |
| Run 5 | 5:58 | 4:27 |
| Row | 4:52 | 4:26 |
| Run 6 | 5:47 | 4:21 |
| Farmers carry | 2:41 | 1:25 |
| Run 7 | 5:36 | 4:29 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:15 | 4:24 |
| Run 8 | 6:55 | 4:36 |
| Wall balls | 7:46 | 6:35 |
| Roxzone | 6:49 | 6:20 |
| Finish | 1:33:01 | 1:11:23 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Simon | James | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham 2025 Open Men · 22 Oct 2025 | 1:33:01 | 1:32:58 | 0:03 · James faster |
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