Alex vs Thomas
GBR · Open Men · 9 results Alex Ballard
GBR · Pro Men · 10 results Thomas McKeever
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Alex: Cardiff 2025, Open Men · Thomas: Cardiff 2026, Pro Men
Not the same division. Alex's race here is Open Men and Thomas's is Pro Men, with different weights and fields. The chart shows how each did against their own field, not who is faster.
This chart shows where Alex and Thomas sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Alex: strongest on Carry (faster than 94% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 61%).Thomas: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 62% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 14%).
See the numbers
| Part | Alex: faster than | Thomas: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 83% | 32% |
| Push | 61% | 14% |
| Pull | 86% | 40% |
| BBJ | 70% | 45% |
| Row | 85% | 48% |
| Carry | 94% | 33% |
| Lunges | 87% | 61% |
| Wall balls | 89% | 48% |
| Roxzone | 84% | 62% |
| Runs | 85% | 36% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Alex | Thomas |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 83% | 32% |
| Sled push | 61% | 14% |
| Sled pull | 86% | 40% |
| Burpee broad jump | 70% | 45% |
| Row | 85% | 48% |
| Farmers carry | 94% | 33% |
| Sandbag lunges | 87% | 61% |
| Wall balls | 89% | 48% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 84% | 62% |
| Runs (8 km) | 85% | 36% |
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.Alex · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men: 35:01 running, 30:43 at the stations and 3:48 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (5:10).Below, Thomas · Cardiff 2026 · Pro Men: 39:35 running, 38:29 at the stations and 3:03 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:47).
See the numbers
| Part | Alex · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men | Thomas · Cardiff 2026 · Pro Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:20 | 4:57 |
| SkiErg | 4:19 | 4:27 |
| Run 2 | 3:57 | 4:34 |
| Sled push | 2:51 | 5:06 |
| Run 3 | 4:13 | 5:00 |
| Sled pull | 3:52 | 5:27 |
| Run 4 | 4:14 | 4:49 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:10 | 4:39 |
| Run 5 | 4:31 | 4:58 |
| Row | 4:29 | 4:33 |
| Run 6 | 4:21 | 5:08 |
| Farmers carry | 1:33 | 3:11 |
| Run 7 | 4:16 | 4:31 |
| Sandbag lunges | 3:44 | 4:19 |
| Run 8 | 5:09 | 5:38 |
| Wall balls | 4:45 | 6:47 |
| Roxzone | 3:48 | 3:03 |
| Finish | 1:09:32 | 1:21:05 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Alex | Thomas | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff 2026 Pro Men · 29 Apr 2026 | 1:21:03 | 1:21:05 | 0:02 · Alex faster |
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