Ben vs Ed
GBR · Open Men · 2 results Ben Hughes
GBR · Open Men · 2 results Ed Pakenham
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Ben: Birmingham 2025, Open Men · Ed: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Ben and Ed sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Ben: strongest on Runs (faster than 70% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 16%).Ed: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 89% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 14%).
See the numbers
| Part | Ben: faster than | Ed: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 16% | 28% |
| Push | 36% | 38% |
| Pull | 46% | 28% |
| BBJ | 20% | 14% |
| Row | 37% | 33% |
| Carry | 50% | 39% |
| Lunges | 21% | 28% |
| Wall balls | 48% | 89% |
| Roxzone | 44% | 25% |
| Runs | 70% | 45% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Ben | Ed |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 16% | 28% |
| Sled push | 36% | 38% |
| Sled pull | 46% | 28% |
| Burpee broad jump | 20% | 14% |
| Row | 37% | 33% |
| Farmers carry | 50% | 39% |
| Sandbag lunges | 21% | 28% |
| Wall balls | 48% | 89% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 44% | 25% |
| Runs (8 km) | 70% | 45% |
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.Ben · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 36:51 running, 42:04 at the stations and 6:56 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:23).Below, Ed · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 34:04 running, 39:52 at the stations and 13:28 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (7:51).
See the numbers
| Part | Ben · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men | Ed · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:04 | 3:15 |
| SkiErg | 4:51 | 5:03 |
| Run 2 | 4:05 | 4:02 |
| Sled push | 3:39 | 2:59 |
| Run 3 | 4:31 | 4:14 |
| Sled pull | 5:10 | 5:28 |
| Run 4 | 4:38 | 4:09 |
| Burpee broad jump | 7:22 | 7:51 |
| Run 5 | 4:34 | 4:34 |
| Row | 4:57 | 5:07 |
| Run 6 | 4:25 | 4:10 |
| Farmers carry | 2:09 | 2:11 |
| Run 7 | 4:26 | 4:04 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:33 | 6:07 |
| Run 8 | 5:08 | 5:36 |
| Wall balls | 7:23 | 5:06 |
| Roxzone | 6:56 | 13:28 |
| Finish | 1:25:43 | 1:27:16 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Ben | Ed | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London ExCeL 2025 Open Men · 4 Dec 2025 | 1:27:16 | 1:27:16 | level |
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