Neil vs Ken
GBR · Open Men · 4 results Neil Townsend
GBR · Open Men · 5 results Ken Burvill
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Neil: Birmingham Birm, Open Men · Ken: Cardiff 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Neil and Ken sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Neil: strongest on Ski (faster than 53% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 2%).Ken: strongest on Push (faster than 51% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 1%).
See the numbers
| Part | Neil: faster than | Ken: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 53% | 40% |
| Push | 17% | 51% |
| Pull | 16% | 47% |
| BBJ | 2% | 3% |
| Row | 24% | 22% |
| Carry | 9% | 28% |
| Lunges | 6% | 1% |
| Wall balls | 4% | 27% |
| Roxzone | 4% | 11% |
| Runs | 2% | 11% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Neil | Ken |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 53% | 40% |
| Sled push | 17% | 51% |
| Sled pull | 16% | 47% |
| Burpee broad jump | 2% | 3% |
| Row | 24% | 22% |
| Farmers carry | 9% | 28% |
| Sandbag lunges | 6% | 1% |
| Wall balls | 4% | 27% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 4% | 11% |
| Runs (8 km) | 2% | 11% |
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
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.Neil · Birmingham Birm · Open Men: 58:26 running, 56:12 at the stations and 10:47 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (14:00).Below, Ken · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 52:34 running, 53:17 at the stations and 6:31 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (12:46) and the shortest the sled push (3:04).
See the numbers
| Part | Neil · Birmingham Birm · Open Men | Ken · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 6:18 | 6:18 |
| SkiErg | 4:32 | 4:39 |
| Run 2 | 6:18 | 5:44 |
| Sled push | 4:08 | 3:04 |
| Run 3 | 6:39 | 5:53 |
| Sled pull | 5:53 | 4:28 |
| Run 4 | 7:14 | 6:00 |
| Burpee broad jump | 10:53 | 11:27 |
| Run 5 | 7:54 | 6:16 |
| Row | 5:09 | 5:12 |
| Run 6 | 7:34 | 6:55 |
| Farmers carry | 3:06 | 3:10 |
| Run 7 | 7:16 | 6:24 |
| Sandbag lunges | 8:32 | 12:46 |
| Run 8 | 9:13 | 9:04 |
| Wall balls | 14:00 | 8:30 |
| Roxzone | 10:47 | 6:31 |
| Finish | 2:05:17 | 1:52:18 |
Head to head: 3 races they both ran
| Race | Neil | Ken | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham Birm Open Men · 29 Oct 2026 | 2:05:17 | 2:05:36 | 0:19 · Neil faster |
| Manchester 2026 Open Men · 21 Jan 2026 | 2:17:45 | 2:08:44 | 9:01 · Ken faster |
| Birmingham 2025 Open Men · 22 Oct 2025 | 2:16:04 | 2:06:18 | 9:46 · Ken faster |
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