Ben vs James

GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Ben Simpson

1:23:30 best Open Men time · London ExCeL 2025
2841st of 5,554 place in that race · 5,554 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 3 results

James Boddy

1:23:30 best Open Men time · London ExCeL 2025
2840th of 5,554 place in that race · 5,554 Open Men finishers

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

Ben: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men · James: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Ben and James sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Ben: strongest on Push (faster than 81% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 14%).James: strongest on Push (faster than 60% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 21%).

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Part Ben: faster than James: faster than
Ski 64% 31%
Push 81% 60%
Pull 47% 54%
BBJ 14% 39%
Row 45% 42%
Carry 78% 58%
Lunges 26% 21%
Wall balls 32% 50%
Roxzone 58% 57%
Runs 70% 53%

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

Part by part

Part Ben James
SkiErg 64% 31%
Sled push 81% 60%
Sled pull 47% 54%
Burpee broad jump 14% 39%
Row 45% 42%
Farmers carry 78% 58%
Sandbag lunges 26% 21%
Wall balls 32% 50%
Roxzone (moving) 58% 57%
Runs (8 km) 70% 53%

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 Men1:23:30
3:004:433:262:243:454:523:417:553:554:593:441:453:406:125:378:4111:17
James · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men1:23:30
3:345:014:072:413:584:413:556:014:055:013:521:583:516:335:407:2211:18
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.Ben · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 30:48 running, 41:31 at the stations and 11:17 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:41).Below, James · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 33:03 running, 39:19 at the stations and 11:18 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:22).

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Part Ben · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men James · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 3:00 3:34
SkiErg 4:43 5:01
Run 2 3:26 4:07
Sled push 2:24 2:41
Run 3 3:45 3:58
Sled pull 4:52 4:41
Run 4 3:41 3:55
Burpee broad jump 7:55 6:01
Run 5 3:55 4:05
Row 4:59 5:01
Run 6 3:44 3:52
Farmers carry 1:45 1:58
Run 7 3:40 3:51
Sandbag lunges 6:12 6:33
Run 8 5:37 5:40
Wall balls 8:41 7:22
Roxzone 11:17 11:18
Finish 1:23:30 1:23:30

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Ben James Gap
London ExCeL 2025 Open Men · 4 Dec 2025 1:23:30 1:23:30 level
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