Ben vs Chris

GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Ben Nicholl

1:30:23 best Open Men time · London ExCeL 2025
3804th of 5,554 place in that race · 5,554 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 8 results

Chris James

1:23:05 best Open Men time · Glasgow 2026
1245th of 2,661 place in that race · 2,661 Open Men finishers

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

Ben: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men · Chris: Glasgow 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Ben and Chris sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Ben: strongest on Ski (faster than 72% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 11%).Chris: strongest on BBJ (faster than 84% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 35%).

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Part Ben: faster than Chris: faster than
Ski 72% 55%
Push 11% 49%
Pull 29% 62%
BBJ 22% 84%
Row 52% 51%
Carry 31% 69%
Lunges 33% 35%
Wall balls 19% 49%
Roxzone 43% 50%
Runs 44% 45%

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

Part by part

Part Ben Chris
SkiErg 72% 55%
Sled push 11% 49%
Sled pull 29% 62%
Burpee broad jump 22% 84%
Row 52% 51%
Farmers carry 31% 69%
Sandbag lunges 33% 35%
Wall balls 19% 49%
Roxzone (moving) 43% 50%
Runs (8 km) 44% 45%

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 Men1:30:23
3:094:393:413:413:525:274:067:064:234:554:302:184:225:506:1010:1512:07
Chris · Glasgow 2026 · Open Men1:23:05
5:084:294:582:545:164:025:144:045:214:555:171:575:215:546:087:204:57
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: 34:13 running, 44:11 at the stations and 12:07 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:15).Below, Chris · Glasgow 2026 · Open Men: 42:43 running, 35:35 at the stations and 4:57 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:20).

See the numbers
Part Ben · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men Chris · Glasgow 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:09 5:08
SkiErg 4:39 4:29
Run 2 3:41 4:58
Sled push 3:41 2:54
Run 3 3:52 5:16
Sled pull 5:27 4:02
Run 4 4:06 5:14
Burpee broad jump 7:06 4:04
Run 5 4:23 5:21
Row 4:55 4:55
Run 6 4:30 5:17
Farmers carry 2:18 1:57
Run 7 4:22 5:21
Sandbag lunges 5:50 5:54
Run 8 6:10 6:08
Wall balls 10:15 7:20
Roxzone 12:07 4:57
Finish 1:30:23 1:23:05

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

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