Aaron vs Simon
IRL · Open Men · 1 result Aaron McDonnell
GBR · Open Men · 10 results Simon Wood
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Aaron: Stockholm 2025, Open Men · Simon: Helsinki 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Aaron and Simon sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Aaron: strongest on Carry (faster than 65% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 5%).Simon: strongest on Ski (faster than 67% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 7%).
See the numbers
| Part | Aaron: faster than | Simon: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 5% | 67% |
| Push | 20% | 32% |
| Pull | 9% | 48% |
| BBJ | 26% | 26% |
| Row | 8% | 55% |
| Carry | 65% | 28% |
| Lunges | 52% | 7% |
| Wall balls | 23% | 35% |
| Roxzone | 16% | 32% |
| Runs | 19% | 25% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Aaron | Simon |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 5% | 67% |
| Sled push | 20% | 32% |
| Sled pull | 9% | 48% |
| Burpee broad jump | 26% | 26% |
| Row | 8% | 55% |
| Farmers carry | 65% | 28% |
| Sandbag lunges | 52% | 7% |
| Wall balls | 23% | 35% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 16% | 32% |
| Runs (8 km) | 19% | 25% |
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.Aaron · Stockholm 2025 · Open Men: 46:31 running, 43:37 at the stations and 10:08 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:32).Below, Simon · Helsinki 2026 · Open Men: 46:28 running, 40:20 at the stations and 7:24 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (7:53).
See the numbers
| Part | Aaron · Stockholm 2025 · Open Men | Simon · Helsinki 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:03 | 5:50 |
| SkiErg | 5:06 | 4:27 |
| Run 2 | 5:14 | 5:23 |
| Sled push | 3:19 | 2:46 |
| Run 3 | 5:32 | 5:21 |
| Sled pull | 6:31 | 4:24 |
| Run 4 | 5:35 | 5:39 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:48 | 6:17 |
| Run 5 | 6:08 | 5:49 |
| Row | 5:25 | 4:42 |
| Run 6 | 5:45 | 5:57 |
| Farmers carry | 1:47 | 2:15 |
| Run 7 | 5:40 | 5:41 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:09 | 7:53 |
| Run 8 | 7:35 | 6:48 |
| Wall balls | 9:32 | 7:36 |
| Roxzone | 10:08 | 7:24 |
| Finish | 1:40:09 | 1:34:05 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Aaron | Simon | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stockholm 2025 Open Men · 18 Dec 2025 | 1:40:09 | 1:40:00 | 0:09 · Simon faster |
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