Ben vs Richard
GBR · Open Men · 5 results Ben Hodgson
GBR · Open Men · 13 results Richard Smith
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Ben: London Olympia 2026, Open Men · Richard: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Ben and Richard sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Ben: strongest on Pull (faster than 73% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 16%).Richard: strongest on Ski (faster than 93% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 11%).
See the numbers
| Part | Ben: faster than | Richard: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 16% | 93% |
| Push | 51% | 11% |
| Pull | 73% | 55% |
| BBJ | 42% | 74% |
| Row | 39% | 67% |
| Carry | 58% | 44% |
| Lunges | 17% | 28% |
| Wall balls | 36% | 85% |
| Roxzone | 53% | 65% |
| Runs | 46% | 65% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Ben | Richard |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 16% | 93% |
| Sled push | 51% | 11% |
| Sled pull | 73% | 55% |
| Burpee broad jump | 42% | 74% |
| Row | 39% | 67% |
| Farmers carry | 58% | 44% |
| Sandbag lunges | 17% | 28% |
| Wall balls | 36% | 85% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 53% | 65% |
| Runs (8 km) | 46% | 65% |
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.Ben · London Olympia 2026 · Open Men: 41:46 running, 39:56 at the stations and 5:46 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:24).Below, Richard · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 31:27 running, 35:35 at the stations and 10:54 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (6:05).
See the numbers
| Part | Ben · London Olympia 2026 · Open Men | Richard · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:48 | 2:46 |
| SkiErg | 4:50 | 4:25 |
| Run 2 | 4:27 | 3:35 |
| Sled push | 2:56 | 3:39 |
| Run 3 | 5:01 | 3:41 |
| Sled pull | 3:52 | 4:40 |
| Run 4 | 5:04 | 3:47 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:56 | 4:33 |
| Run 5 | 4:59 | 3:55 |
| Row | 4:57 | 4:46 |
| Run 6 | 4:50 | 4:01 |
| Farmers carry | 2:08 | 2:07 |
| Run 7 | 4:48 | 4:01 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:54 | 6:05 |
| Run 8 | 7:49 | 5:41 |
| Wall balls | 8:24 | 5:19 |
| Roxzone | 5:46 | 10:54 |
| Finish | 1:27:21 | 1:17:48 |
Head to head: 2 races they both ran
| Race | Ben | Richard | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London Olympia 2026 Open Men · 24 Mar 2026 | 1:27:21 | 1:27:25 | 0:04 · Ben faster |
| Madrid 2025 Open Men · 29 Nov 2025 | 1:30:39 | 1:29:26 | 1:13 · Richard faster |
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