David vs Ben
GBR · Open Men · 2 results David Pallas
GBR · Open Men · 3 results Ben Metcalfe
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
David: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men · Ben: Cardiff 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where David and Ben sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.David: strongest on Carry (faster than 89% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 31%).Ben: strongest on Row (faster than 72% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 11%).
See the numbers
| Part | David: faster than | Ben: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 36% | 11% |
| Push | 36% | 61% |
| Pull | 46% | 56% |
| BBJ | 42% | 45% |
| Row | 31% | 72% |
| Carry | 89% | 59% |
| Lunges | 57% | 21% |
| Wall balls | 36% | 31% |
| Roxzone | 36% | 50% |
| Runs | 44% | 42% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | David | Ben |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 36% | 11% |
| Sled push | 36% | 61% |
| Sled pull | 46% | 56% |
| Burpee broad jump | 42% | 45% |
| Row | 31% | 72% |
| Farmers carry | 89% | 59% |
| Sandbag lunges | 57% | 21% |
| Wall balls | 36% | 31% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 36% | 50% |
| Runs (8 km) | 44% | 42% |
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.David · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 34:16 running, 38:46 at the stations and 12:37 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:20).Below, Ben · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men: 41:34 running, 38:56 at the stations and 4:48 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:50).
See the numbers
| Part | David · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men | Ben · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:21 | 5:31 |
| SkiErg | 4:58 | 5:00 |
| Run 2 | 3:58 | 4:50 |
| Sled push | 3:01 | 2:51 |
| Run 3 | 4:05 | 5:01 |
| Sled pull | 4:54 | 4:34 |
| Run 4 | 4:07 | 5:03 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:52 | 6:11 |
| Run 5 | 4:10 | 5:19 |
| Row | 5:09 | 4:36 |
| Run 6 | 4:09 | 5:05 |
| Farmers carry | 1:36 | 2:01 |
| Run 7 | 4:10 | 4:49 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:55 | 5:53 |
| Run 8 | 6:15 | 5:56 |
| Wall balls | 8:20 | 7:50 |
| Roxzone | 12:37 | 4:48 |
| Finish | 1:25:30 | 1:25:18 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | David | Ben | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London ExCeL 2025 Open Men · 4 Dec 2025 | 1:25:30 | 1:25:30 | level |
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