Thomas vs Ben
GBR · Open Men · 2 results Thomas Shrimplin
GBR · Open Men · 3 results Ben Taylor-Nicholl
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Thomas: Cologne 2025, Open Men · Ben: Cologne 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Thomas and Ben sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Thomas: strongest on Ski (faster than 56% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 6%).Ben: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 69% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 9%).
See the numbers
| Part | Thomas: faster than | Ben: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 56% | 38% |
| Push | 30% | 47% |
| Pull | 6% | 59% |
| BBJ | 32% | 21% |
| Row | 23% | 21% |
| Carry | 22% | 9% |
| Lunges | 36% | 10% |
| Wall balls | 47% | 46% |
| Roxzone | 41% | 69% |
| Runs | 46% | 39% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Thomas | Ben |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 56% | 38% |
| Sled push | 30% | 47% |
| Sled pull | 6% | 59% |
| Burpee broad jump | 32% | 21% |
| Row | 23% | 21% |
| Farmers carry | 22% | 9% |
| Sandbag lunges | 36% | 10% |
| Wall balls | 47% | 46% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 41% | 69% |
| Runs (8 km) | 46% | 39% |
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.Thomas · Cologne 2025 · Open Men: 42:07 running, 40:37 at the stations and 7:37 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:10).Below, Ben · Cologne 2025 · Open Men: 43:13 running, 41:10 at the stations and 6:00 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (7:20) and the shortest the sled push (2:54).
See the numbers
| Part | Thomas · Cologne 2025 · Open Men | Ben · Cologne 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:36 | 5:02 |
| SkiErg | 4:22 | 4:30 |
| Run 2 | 4:18 | 4:48 |
| Sled push | 3:13 | 2:54 |
| Run 3 | 4:37 | 5:02 |
| Sled pull | 6:27 | 4:15 |
| Run 4 | 4:29 | 5:02 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:15 | 6:58 |
| Run 5 | 4:35 | 5:18 |
| Row | 5:04 | 5:07 |
| Run 6 | 5:43 | 5:27 |
| Farmers carry | 2:29 | 2:55 |
| Run 7 | 6:00 | 5:42 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:36 | 7:20 |
| Run 8 | 7:49 | 6:53 |
| Wall balls | 7:10 | 7:11 |
| Roxzone | 7:37 | 6:00 |
| Finish | 1:30:20 | 1:30:24 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Thomas | Ben | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cologne 2025 Open Men · 10 Apr 2025 | 1:30:20 | 1:30:24 | 0:04 · Thomas faster |
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