Ben vs Liam

GBR GBR · Open Men · 5 results

Ben Smith

1:04:42 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
125th of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 4 results

Liam Gaskell

1:04:49 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
127th of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers

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

Ben: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · Liam: Cardiff 2026, Open Men

50% SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
BenLiamedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Ben and Liam sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Ben: strongest on Carry (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 63%).Liam: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 97% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 83%).

See the numbers
Part Ben: faster than Liam: faster than
Ski 96% 85%
Push 81% 83%
Pull 72% 90%
BBJ 84% 95%
Row 95% 85%
Carry 99% 93%
Lunges 99% 89%
Wall balls 89% 97%
Roxzone 63% 94%
Runs 97% 93%

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

Part by part

Part Ben Liam
SkiErg 96% 85%
Sled push 81% 83%
Sled pull 72% 90%
Burpee broad jump 84% 95%
Row 95% 85%
Farmers carry 99% 93%
Sandbag lunges 99% 89%
Wall balls 89% 97%
Roxzone (moving) 63% 94%
Runs (8 km) 97% 93%

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 · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:04:42
4:194:073:552:354:113:523:574:224:004:204:051:463:382:584:264:423:32
Liam · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:04:49
4:124:183:552:334:113:224:123:384:184:294:262:004:023:454:523:592:39
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 · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 32:31 running, 28:43 at the stations and 3:32 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (4:42).Below, Liam · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 34:08 running, 28:04 at the stations and 2:39 in the roxzone; the longest station was the row (4:29).

See the numbers
Part Ben · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men Liam · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:19 4:12
SkiErg 4:07 4:18
Run 2 3:55 3:55
Sled push 2:35 2:33
Run 3 4:11 4:11
Sled pull 3:52 3:22
Run 4 3:57 4:12
Burpee broad jump 4:22 3:38
Run 5 4:00 4:18
Row 4:20 4:29
Run 6 4:05 4:26
Farmers carry 1:46 2:00
Run 7 3:38 4:02
Sandbag lunges 2:58 3:45
Run 8 4:26 4:52
Wall balls 4:42 3:59
Roxzone 3:32 2:39
Finish 1:04:42 1:04:49

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Ben Liam Gap
Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 1:04:42 1:04:49 0:07 · Ben faster
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