Simon vs Michael
GBR · Open Men · 5 results Simon Bessant
GBR · Open Men · 1 result Michael Bourn
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Simon: London 2025, Open Men · Michael: London 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Simon and Michael 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 52% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 10%).Michael: strongest on Push (faster than 40% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 10%).
See the numbers
| Part | Simon: faster than | Michael: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 44% | 34% |
| Push | 17% | 40% |
| Pull | 52% | 15% |
| BBJ | 16% | 10% |
| Row | 28% | 14% |
| Carry | 14% | 37% |
| Lunges | 25% | 21% |
| Wall balls | 25% | 19% |
| Roxzone | 14% | 18% |
| Runs | 10% | 13% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Simon | Michael |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 44% | 34% |
| Sled push | 17% | 40% |
| Sled pull | 52% | 15% |
| Burpee broad jump | 16% | 10% |
| Row | 28% | 14% |
| Farmers carry | 14% | 37% |
| Sandbag lunges | 25% | 21% |
| Wall balls | 25% | 19% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 14% | 18% |
| Runs (8 km) | 10% | 13% |
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 · London 2025 · Open Men: 50:37 running, 42:19 at the stations and 7:20 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:52).Below, Michael · London 2025 · Open Men: 48:40 running, 44:33 at the stations and 6:56 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:29).
See the numbers
| Part | Simon · London 2025 · Open Men | Michael · London 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 6:31 | 5:27 |
| SkiErg | 4:25 | 4:30 |
| Run 2 | 5:54 | 5:12 |
| Sled push | 3:24 | 2:57 |
| Run 3 | 5:59 | 5:32 |
| Sled pull | 4:17 | 5:31 |
| Run 4 | 5:57 | 5:42 |
| Burpee broad jump | 7:18 | 8:09 |
| Run 5 | 6:06 | 6:11 |
| Row | 4:55 | 5:09 |
| Run 6 | 5:59 | 6:09 |
| Farmers carry | 2:54 | 2:19 |
| Run 7 | 5:59 | 6:15 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:13 | 6:29 |
| Run 8 | 8:12 | 8:12 |
| Wall balls | 8:52 | 9:29 |
| Roxzone | 7:20 | 6:56 |
| Finish | 1:40:04 | 1:39:59 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Simon | Michael | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London 2025 Open Men · 3 May 2025 | 1:40:04 | 1:39:59 | 0:05 · Michael faster |
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