Richard vs Alex
GBR · Open Men · 1 result Richard Smale
IRL · Open Men · 6 results Alex Darbey
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Richard: Birmingham 2025, Open Men · Alex: Birmingham 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Richard and Alex sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Richard: strongest on Carry (faster than 97% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 55%).Alex: strongest on Push (faster than 97% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 54%).
See the numbers
| Part | Richard: faster than | Alex: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 71% | 94% |
| Push | 85% | 97% |
| Pull | 84% | 73% |
| BBJ | 93% | 87% |
| Row | 67% | 88% |
| Carry | 97% | 54% |
| Lunges | 93% | 75% |
| Wall balls | 85% | 85% |
| Roxzone | 55% | 85% |
| Runs | 83% | 83% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Richard | Alex |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 71% | 94% |
| Sled push | 85% | 97% |
| Sled pull | 84% | 73% |
| Burpee broad jump | 93% | 87% |
| Row | 67% | 88% |
| Farmers carry | 97% | 54% |
| Sandbag lunges | 93% | 75% |
| Wall balls | 85% | 85% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 55% | 85% |
| Runs (8 km) | 83% | 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.Richard · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 34:28 running, 29:43 at the stations and 6:24 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:22).Below, Alex · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 34:19 running, 30:55 at the stations and 5:16 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:19) and the shortest the sled push (2:05).
See the numbers
| Part | Richard · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men | Alex · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:24 | 4:39 |
| SkiErg | 4:21 | 4:07 |
| Run 2 | 3:54 | 3:50 |
| Sled push | 2:27 | 2:05 |
| Run 3 | 4:08 | 4:10 |
| Sled pull | 4:04 | 4:24 |
| Run 4 | 4:15 | 4:10 |
| Burpee broad jump | 3:42 | 4:05 |
| Run 5 | 4:31 | 4:21 |
| Row | 4:39 | 4:26 |
| Run 6 | 4:27 | 4:21 |
| Farmers carry | 1:29 | 2:06 |
| Run 7 | 4:21 | 4:14 |
| Sandbag lunges | 3:39 | 4:23 |
| Run 8 | 4:28 | 4:34 |
| Wall balls | 5:22 | 5:19 |
| Roxzone | 6:24 | 5:16 |
| Finish | 1:10:25 | 1:10:23 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Richard | Alex | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham 2025 Open Men · 22 Oct 2025 | 1:10:25 | 1:10:23 | 0:02 · Alex faster |
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