Alex vs John

IRL IRL · Open Men · 6 results

Alex Darbey

1:10:23 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2025
524th of 3,945 place in that race · 3,945 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

John Durance

1:14:53 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
1018th of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers

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

Alex: Birmingham 2025, Open Men · John: Birmingham Birm, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Alex and John sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Alex: strongest on Push (faster than 97% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 54%).John: strongest on Runs (faster than 89% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 29%).

See the numbers
Part Alex: faster than John: faster than
Ski 94% 48%
Push 97% 59%
Pull 73% 49%
BBJ 87% 61%
Row 88% 29%
Carry 54% 83%
Lunges 75% 62%
Wall balls 85% 46%
Roxzone 85% 67%
Runs 83% 89%

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

Part by part

Part Alex John
SkiErg 94% 48%
Sled push 97% 59%
Sled pull 73% 49%
Burpee broad jump 87% 61%
Row 88% 29%
Farmers carry 54% 83%
Sandbag lunges 75% 62%
Wall balls 85% 46%
Roxzone (moving) 85% 67%
Runs (8 km) 83% 89%

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

Alex · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men1:10:23
4:394:073:502:054:104:244:104:054:214:264:212:064:144:234:345:195:16
John · Birmingham Birm · Open Men1:14:53
4:304:343:453:124:024:393:555:064:045:054:041:444:084:464:207:235:44
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.Alex · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 34:19 running, 30:55 at the stations and 5:16 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:19) and the shortest the sled push (2:05).Below, John · Birmingham Birm · Open Men: 32:48 running, 36:29 at the stations and 5:44 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:23).

See the numbers
Part Alex · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men John · Birmingham Birm · Open Men
Run 1 4:39 4:30
SkiErg 4:07 4:34
Run 2 3:50 3:45
Sled push 2:05 3:12
Run 3 4:10 4:02
Sled pull 4:24 4:39
Run 4 4:10 3:55
Burpee broad jump 4:05 5:06
Run 5 4:21 4:04
Row 4:26 5:05
Run 6 4:21 4:04
Farmers carry 2:06 1:44
Run 7 4:14 4:08
Sandbag lunges 4:23 4:46
Run 8 4:34 4:20
Wall balls 5:19 7:23
Roxzone 5:16 5:44
Finish 1:10:23 1:14:53

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Alex John Gap
Birmingham Birm Open Men · 28 Oct 2026 1:14:53 1:14:53 level
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