Rory vs Simon

GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Rory O'Brien

1:36:30 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2025
1666th of 2,041 place in that race · 2,041 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 9 results

Simon Kidney

1:29:21 best Open Men time · Dublin 2025
1601st of 2,325 place in that race · 2,325 Open Men finishers

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

Rory: Cardiff 2025, Open Men · Simon: Dublin 2025, Open Men

50% top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLunges
no split
Wall ballsRoxzoneRuns
RorySimonedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Rory and Simon sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Rory: strongest on Push (faster than 57% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 10%).Simon: strongest on Push (faster than 58% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 4%).

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Part Rory: faster than Simon: faster than
Ski 38% 35%
Push 57% 58%
Pull 19% 28%
BBJ 22% 40%
Row 10% 49%
Carry 24% 17%
Lunges 30% no split
Wall balls 32% 44%
Roxzone 12% 4%
Runs 16% 22%

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

Part by part

Part Rory Simon
SkiErg 38% 35%
Sled push 57% 58%
Sled pull 19% 28%
Burpee broad jump 22% 40%
Row 10% 49%
Farmers carry 24% 17%
Sandbag lunges 30% —
Wall balls 32% 44%
Roxzone (moving) 12% 4%
Runs (8 km) 16% 22%

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

Rory · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men1:36:30
5:474:385:302:545:385:505:257:266:075:236:012:325:505:267:167:477:00
Simon · Dublin 2025 · Open Men1:29:21
3:434:366:142:306:125:146:205:506:214:496:172:386:144:257:4310:18
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.Rory · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men: 47:34 running, 41:55 at the stations and 7:00 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:47).Below, Simon · Dublin 2025 · Open Men: 45:46 running, 33:20 at the stations and 10:18 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:43) and the shortest the sled push (2:30).

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Part Rory · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men Simon · Dublin 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 5:47 3:43
SkiErg 4:38 4:36
Run 2 5:30 6:14
Sled push 2:54 2:30
Run 3 5:38 6:12
Sled pull 5:50 5:14
Run 4 5:25 6:20
Burpee broad jump 7:26 5:50
Run 5 6:07 6:21
Row 5:23 4:49
Run 6 6:01 6:17
Farmers carry 2:32 2:38
Run 7 5:50 6:14
Sandbag lunges 5:26 —
Run 8 7:16 4:25
Wall balls 7:47 7:43
Roxzone 7:00 10:18
Finish 1:36:30 1:29:21

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Rory Simon Gap
Cardiff 2025 Open Men · 30 May 2025 1:36:30 1:36:23 0:07 · Simon faster
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