Ben vs Karl
GBR · Open Men · 1 result Ben Cottrell
GBR · Open Men · 6 results Karl Richens
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Ben: Birmingham 2025, Open Men · Karl: Cardiff 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Ben and Karl sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Ben: strongest on Carry (faster than 97% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 58%).Karl: strongest on Row (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 87%).
See the numbers
| Part | Ben: faster than | Karl: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 75% | 96% |
| Push | 82% | 97% |
| Pull | 70% | 99% |
| BBJ | 82% | 95% |
| Row | 76% | 99% |
| Carry | 97% | 99% |
| Lunges | 75% | 94% |
| Wall balls | 58% | 87% |
| Roxzone | 84% | 98% |
| Runs | 94% | 92% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Ben | Karl |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 75% | 96% |
| Sled push | 82% | 97% |
| Sled pull | 70% | 99% |
| Burpee broad jump | 82% | 95% |
| Row | 76% | 99% |
| Farmers carry | 97% | 99% |
| Sandbag lunges | 75% | 94% |
| Wall balls | 58% | 87% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 84% | 98% |
| Runs (8 km) | 94% | 92% |
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 · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 31:50 running, 32:52 at the stations and 5:18 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:48).Below, Karl · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 34:33 running, 26:54 at the stations and 2:30 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (4:48).
See the numbers
| Part | Ben · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men | Karl · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:06 | 4:27 |
| SkiErg | 4:19 | 4:08 |
| Run 2 | 3:39 | 4:00 |
| Sled push | 2:32 | 2:09 |
| Run 3 | 4:03 | 4:08 |
| Sled pull | 4:29 | 2:54 |
| Run 4 | 3:53 | 4:05 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:18 | 3:41 |
| Run 5 | 3:57 | 4:16 |
| Row | 4:34 | 4:06 |
| Run 6 | 4:02 | 4:23 |
| Farmers carry | 1:29 | 1:40 |
| Run 7 | 4:05 | 4:01 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:23 | 3:28 |
| Run 8 | 4:06 | 5:13 |
| Wall balls | 6:48 | 4:48 |
| Roxzone | 5:18 | 2:30 |
| Finish | 1:09:53 | 1:03:53 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Ben | Karl | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham 2025 Open Men · 22 Oct 2025 | 1:09:53 | 1:09:52 | 0:01 · Karl faster |
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