Ronan vs Ben
IRL · Open Men · 4 results Ronan Sweeney
GBR · Open Men · 5 results Ben Smith
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Ronan: Cardiff 2025, Open Men · Ben: Cardiff 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Ronan and Ben sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Ronan: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 85% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 12%).Ben: strongest on Carry (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 63%).
See the numbers
| Part | Ronan: faster than | Ben: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 45% | 96% |
| Push | 12% | 81% |
| Pull | 68% | 72% |
| BBJ | 75% | 84% |
| Row | 24% | 95% |
| Carry | 56% | 99% |
| Lunges | 41% | 99% |
| Wall balls | 85% | 89% |
| Roxzone | 12% | 63% |
| Runs | 59% | 97% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Ronan | Ben |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 45% | 96% |
| Sled push | 12% | 81% |
| Sled pull | 68% | 72% |
| Burpee broad jump | 75% | 84% |
| Row | 24% | 95% |
| Farmers carry | 56% | 99% |
| Sandbag lunges | 41% | 99% |
| Wall balls | 85% | 89% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 12% | 63% |
| Runs (8 km) | 59% | 97% |
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.Ronan · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men: 38:49 running, 34:51 at the stations and 7:05 in the roxzone; the longest station was the row (5:04).Below, Ben · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 32:31 running, 28:43 at the stations and 3:32 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (4:42).
See the numbers
| Part | Ronan · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men | Ben · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:57 | 4:19 |
| SkiErg | 4:35 | 4:07 |
| Run 2 | 4:28 | 3:55 |
| Sled push | 3:46 | 2:35 |
| Run 3 | 4:45 | 4:11 |
| Sled pull | 4:20 | 3:52 |
| Run 4 | 4:45 | 3:57 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:59 | 4:22 |
| Run 5 | 4:49 | 4:00 |
| Row | 5:04 | 4:20 |
| Run 6 | 4:39 | 4:05 |
| Farmers carry | 2:03 | 1:46 |
| Run 7 | 4:46 | 3:38 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:03 | 2:58 |
| Run 8 | 5:39 | 4:26 |
| Wall balls | 5:01 | 4:42 |
| Roxzone | 7:05 | 3:32 |
| Finish | 1:20:44 | 1:04:42 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Ronan | Ben | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dublin 2025 Open Men · 12 Nov 2025 | 1:20:55 | 1:20:58 | 0:03 · Ronan faster |
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