Darren vs Russell

GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Darren Russell

1:57:28 best Open Men time · London ExCeL 2025
5303rd of 5,554 place in that race · 5,554 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Russell Ford

1:57:26 best Open Men time · London ExCeL 2025
5302nd of 5,554 place in that race · 5,554 Open Men finishers

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

Darren: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men · Russell: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men

50% top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
DarrenRusselledge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Darren and Russell sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Darren: strongest on Ski (faster than 58% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 2%).Russell: strongest on Ski (faster than 25% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 1%).

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Part Darren: faster than Russell: faster than
Ski 58% 25%
Push 15% 7%
Pull 7% 17%
BBJ 7% 1%
Row 28% 19%
Carry 4% 5%
Lunges 12% 2%
Wall balls 19% 15%
Roxzone 4% 9%
Runs 2% 8%

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

Part by part

Part Darren Russell
SkiErg 58% 25%
Sled push 15% 7%
Sled pull 7% 17%
Burpee broad jump 7% 1%
Row 28% 19%
Farmers carry 4% 5%
Sandbag lunges 12% 2%
Wall balls 19% 15%
Roxzone (moving) 4% 9%
Runs (8 km) 2% 8%

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

Darren · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men1:57:28
3:594:465:243:316:267:086:469:066:015:115:543:206:267:198:3610:2117:25
Russell · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men1:57:26
4:175:054:593:585:026:035:0113:325:025:205:023:155:2010:398:1610:5515:49
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.Darren · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 49:32 running, 50:42 at the stations and 17:25 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:21).Below, Russell · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 42:58 running, 58:47 at the stations and 15:49 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (13:32).

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Part Darren · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men Russell · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 3:59 4:17
SkiErg 4:46 5:05
Run 2 5:24 4:59
Sled push 3:31 3:58
Run 3 6:26 5:02
Sled pull 7:08 6:03
Run 4 6:46 5:01
Burpee broad jump 9:06 13:32
Run 5 6:01 5:02
Row 5:11 5:20
Run 6 5:54 5:02
Farmers carry 3:20 3:15
Run 7 6:26 5:20
Sandbag lunges 7:19 10:39
Run 8 8:36 8:16
Wall balls 10:21 10:55
Roxzone 17:25 15:49
Finish 1:57:28 1:57:26

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Darren Russell Gap
London ExCeL 2025 Open Men · 4 Dec 2025 1:57:28 1:57:26 0:02 · Russell faster
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