Chris vs Simon

GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Chris Hughes

1:32:27 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2025
2645th of 3,945 place in that race · 3,945 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 5 results

Simon Haynes

1:26:19 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
2118th of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers

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

Chris: Birmingham 2025, Open Men · Simon: Birmingham Birm, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Chris and Simon sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Chris: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 74% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 6%).Simon: strongest on Push (faster than 80% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 25%).

See the numbers
Part Chris: faster than Simon: faster than
Ski 6% 57%
Push 8% 80%
Pull 28% 59%
BBJ 63% 75%
Row 30% 29%
Carry 15% 25%
Lunges 47% 57%
Wall balls 50% 33%
Roxzone 74% 50%
Runs 23% 32%

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

Part by part

Part Chris Simon
SkiErg 6% 57%
Sled push 8% 80%
Sled pull 28% 59%
Burpee broad jump 63% 75%
Row 30% 29%
Farmers carry 15% 25%
Sandbag lunges 47% 57%
Wall balls 50% 33%
Roxzone (moving) 74% 50%
Runs (8 km) 23% 32%

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

Chris · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men1:32:27
5:275:076:415:016:525:496:575:064:515:024:522:514:465:184:577:155:42
Simon · Birmingham Birm · Open Men1:26:19
5:294:304:412:525:164:235:024:295:025:054:512:327:374:555:008:166:27
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.Chris · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 45:23 running, 41:29 at the stations and 5:42 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:15).Below, Simon · Birmingham Birm · Open Men: 42:58 running, 37:02 at the stations and 6:27 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:16).

See the numbers
Part Chris · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men Simon · Birmingham Birm · Open Men
Run 1 5:27 5:29
SkiErg 5:07 4:30
Run 2 6:41 4:41
Sled push 5:01 2:52
Run 3 6:52 5:16
Sled pull 5:49 4:23
Run 4 6:57 5:02
Burpee broad jump 5:06 4:29
Run 5 4:51 5:02
Row 5:02 5:05
Run 6 4:52 4:51
Farmers carry 2:51 2:32
Run 7 4:46 7:37
Sandbag lunges 5:18 4:55
Run 8 4:57 5:00
Wall balls 7:15 8:16
Roxzone 5:42 6:27
Finish 1:32:27 1:26:19

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Chris Simon Gap
London Olympia 2026 Open Men · 24 Mar 2026 1:43:43 1:43:40 0:03 · Simon faster
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