Mark vs Simon

GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Mark Blackman

1:33:25 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2025
2725th of 3,945 place in that race · 3,945 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 9 results

Simon Kidney

1:29:21 best Open Men time · Dublin 2025
1601st of 2,325 place in that race · 2,325 Open Men finishers

Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more

Mark: Birmingham 2025, Open Men · Simon: Dublin 2025, Open Men

50% top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLunges
no split
Wall ballsRoxzoneRuns
MarkSimonedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Mark and Simon sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Mark: strongest on Push (faster than 68% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 12%).Simon: strongest on Push (faster than 58% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 4%).

See the numbers
Part Mark: faster than Simon: faster than
Ski 45% 35%
Push 68% 58%
Pull 32% 28%
BBJ 31% 40%
Row 12% 49%
Carry 26% 17%
Lunges 22% no split
Wall balls 21% 44%
Roxzone 17% 4%
Runs 42% 22%

Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.

Part by part

Part Mark Simon
SkiErg 45% 35%
Sled push 68% 58%
Sled pull 32% 28%
Burpee broad jump 31% 40%
Row 12% 49%
Farmers carry 26% 17%
Sandbag lunges 22% —
Wall balls 21% 44%
Roxzone (moving) 17% 4%
Runs (8 km) 42% 22%

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

Mark · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men1:33:25
5:394:324:462:525:155:364:586:345:025:235:072:334:466:295:429:388:39
Simon · Dublin 2025 · Open Men1:29:21
3:434:366:142:306:125:146:205:506:214:496:172:386:144:257:4310:18
RunsStationsRoxzone (moving between stations)

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.Mark · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 41:16 running, 43:37 at the stations and 8:39 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:38).Below, Simon · Dublin 2025 · Open Men: 45:46 running, 33:20 at the stations and 10:18 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:43) and the shortest the sled push (2:30).

See the numbers
Part Mark · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men Simon · Dublin 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 5:39 3:43
SkiErg 4:32 4:36
Run 2 4:46 6:14
Sled push 2:52 2:30
Run 3 5:15 6:12
Sled pull 5:36 5:14
Run 4 4:58 6:20
Burpee broad jump 6:34 5:50
Run 5 5:02 6:21
Row 5:23 4:49
Run 6 5:07 6:17
Farmers carry 2:33 2:38
Run 7 4:46 6:14
Sandbag lunges 6:29 —
Run 8 5:42 4:25
Wall balls 9:38 7:43
Roxzone 8:39 10:18
Finish 1:33:25 1:29:21

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Mark Simon Gap
Birmingham 2025 Open Men · 22 Oct 2025 1:33:25 1:33:29 0:04 · Mark faster
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