Darren vs Nick

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 · 5 results

Nick Heather

1:44:55 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
3362nd of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers

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

Darren: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men · Nick: Birmingham Birm, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Darren and Nick 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%).Nick: strongest on Carry (faster than 74% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 5%).

See the numbers
Part Darren: faster than Nick: faster than
Ski 58% 32%
Push 15% 65%
Pull 7% 64%
BBJ 7% 33%
Row 28% 54%
Carry 4% 74%
Lunges 12% 5%
Wall balls 19% 20%
Roxzone 4% 23%
Runs 2% 5%

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

Part by part

Part Darren Nick
SkiErg 58% 32%
Sled push 15% 65%
Sled pull 7% 64%
Burpee broad jump 7% 33%
Row 28% 54%
Farmers carry 4% 74%
Sandbag lunges 12% 5%
Wall balls 19% 20%
Roxzone (moving) 4% 23%
Runs (8 km) 2% 5%

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
Nick · Birmingham Birm · Open Men1:44:55
7:204:436:083:066:154:156:296:236:424:466:331:516:549:156:509:387:53
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, Nick · Birmingham Birm · Open Men: 53:10 running, 43:57 at the stations and 7:53 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:38).

See the numbers
Part Darren · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men Nick · Birmingham Birm · Open Men
Run 1 3:59 7:20
SkiErg 4:46 4:43
Run 2 5:24 6:08
Sled push 3:31 3:06
Run 3 6:26 6:15
Sled pull 7:08 4:15
Run 4 6:46 6:29
Burpee broad jump 9:06 6:23
Run 5 6:01 6:42
Row 5:11 4:46
Run 6 5:54 6:33
Farmers carry 3:20 1:51
Run 7 6:26 6:54
Sandbag lunges 7:19 9:15
Run 8 8:36 6:50
Wall balls 10:21 9:38
Roxzone 17:25 7:53
Finish 1:57:28 1:44:55

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Darren Nick Gap
London ExCeL 2025 Open Men · 4 Dec 2025 1:57:28 1:57:28 level
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