Alex vs Rory
GBR · Open Men · 9 results Alex Ballard
GBR · Pro Men · 7 results Rory Pugh
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Alex: Cardiff 2025, Open Men · Rory: Manchester 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Alex and Rory 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%).Rory: strongest on Push (faster than 87% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 53%).
See the numbers
| Part | Alex: faster than | Rory: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 83% | 79% |
| Push | 61% | 87% |
| Pull | 86% | 86% |
| BBJ | 70% | 81% |
| Row | 85% | 73% |
| Carry | 94% | 63% |
| Lunges | 87% | 53% |
| Wall balls | 89% | 87% |
| Roxzone | 84% | 77% |
| Runs | 85% | 83% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Alex | Rory |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 83% | 79% |
| Sled push | 61% | 87% |
| Sled pull | 86% | 86% |
| Burpee broad jump | 70% | 81% |
| Row | 85% | 73% |
| Farmers carry | 94% | 63% |
| Sandbag lunges | 87% | 53% |
| Wall balls | 89% | 87% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 84% | 77% |
| Runs (8 km) | 85% | 83% |
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, Rory · Manchester 2026 · Open Men: 35:46 running, 30:49 at the stations and 4:18 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (5:17).
See the numbers
| Part | Alex · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men | Rory · Manchester 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:20 | 3:02 |
| SkiErg | 4:19 | 4:11 |
| Run 2 | 3:57 | 4:27 |
| Sled push | 2:51 | 2:13 |
| Run 3 | 4:13 | 4:48 |
| Sled pull | 3:52 | 3:32 |
| Run 4 | 4:14 | 4:54 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:10 | 4:05 |
| Run 5 | 4:31 | 4:56 |
| Row | 4:29 | 4:32 |
| Run 6 | 4:21 | 4:46 |
| Farmers carry | 1:33 | 2:01 |
| Run 7 | 4:16 | 4:44 |
| Sandbag lunges | 3:44 | 5:17 |
| Run 8 | 5:09 | 4:09 |
| Wall balls | 4:45 | 4:58 |
| Roxzone | 3:48 | 4:18 |
| Finish | 1:09:32 | 1:10:45 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Alex | Rory | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff 2026 Pro Men · 29 Apr 2026 | 1:21:03 | 1:20:59 | 0:04 · Rory faster |
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