Ben vs Jonathan

GBR GBR · Open Men · 10 results

Ben Merrell

1:12:05 best Open Men time · London ExCeL 2025
1073rd of 5,554 place in that race · 5,554 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 7 results

Jonathan Owens

1:10:35 best Open Men time · London Olympia 2026
342nd of 2,650 place in that race · 2,650 Open Men finishers

Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more

Ben: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men · Jonathan: London Olympia 2026, Open Men

50% top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
BenJonathanedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Ben and Jonathan sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Ben: strongest on Lunges (faster than 86% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 61%).Jonathan: strongest on Carry (faster than 96% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 69%).

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Part Ben: faster than Jonathan: faster than
Ski 81% 90%
Push 79% 92%
Pull 61% 82%
BBJ 65% 71%
Row 85% 84%
Carry 78% 96%
Lunges 86% 69%
Wall balls 82% 73%
Roxzone 77% 85%
Runs 78% 88%

Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.

Part by part

Part Ben Jonathan
SkiErg 81% 90%
Sled push 79% 92%
Sled pull 61% 82%
Burpee broad jump 65% 71%
Row 85% 84%
Farmers carry 78% 96%
Sandbag lunges 86% 69%
Wall balls 82% 73%
Roxzone (moving) 77% 85%
Runs (8 km) 78% 88%

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

Ben · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men1:12:05
2:484:343:272:263:354:303:364:573:424:353:381:453:364:005:185:3110:15
Jonathan · London Olympia 2026 · Open Men1:10:35
4:144:083:592:164:063:374:074:444:124:284:071:354:144:365:396:014:40
RunsStationsRoxzone (moving between stations)

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 · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 29:40 running, 32:18 at the stations and 10:15 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:31).Below, Jonathan · London Olympia 2026 · Open Men: 34:38 running, 31:25 at the stations and 4:40 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:01).

See the numbers
Part Ben · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men Jonathan · London Olympia 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 2:48 4:14
SkiErg 4:34 4:08
Run 2 3:27 3:59
Sled push 2:26 2:16
Run 3 3:35 4:06
Sled pull 4:30 3:37
Run 4 3:36 4:07
Burpee broad jump 4:57 4:44
Run 5 3:42 4:12
Row 4:35 4:28
Run 6 3:38 4:07
Farmers carry 1:45 1:35
Run 7 3:36 4:14
Sandbag lunges 4:00 4:36
Run 8 5:18 5:39
Wall balls 5:31 6:01
Roxzone 10:15 4:40
Finish 1:12:05 1:10:35

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Ben Jonathan Gap
London ExCeL 2025 Open Men · 4 Dec 2025 1:12:05 1:12:06 0:01 · Ben faster
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