Nigel vs Declan

GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Nigel Butcher

1:26:41 best Open Men time · London ExCeL 2025
3314th of 5,554 place in that race · 5,554 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 6 results

Declan Ogden

1:24:29 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
1417th of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers

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

Nigel: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men · Declan: Cardiff 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Nigel and Declan sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Nigel: strongest on BBJ (faster than 74% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 31%).Declan: strongest on BBJ (faster than 95% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 12%).

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Part Nigel: faster than Declan: faster than
Ski 43% 60%
Push 42% 31%
Pull 58% 44%
BBJ 74% 95%
Row 45% 63%
Carry 57% 12%
Lunges 36% 29%
Wall balls 35% 53%
Roxzone 35% 25%
Runs 31% 45%

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

Part by part

Part Nigel Declan
SkiErg 43% 60%
Sled push 42% 31%
Sled pull 58% 44%
Burpee broad jump 74% 95%
Row 45% 63%
Farmers carry 57% 12%
Sandbag lunges 36% 29%
Wall balls 35% 53%
Roxzone (moving) 35% 25%
Runs (8 km) 31% 45%

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

Nigel · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men1:26:41
3:304:544:002:554:164:354:264:324:194:594:291:594:305:446:368:2412:41
Declan · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:24:29
5:204:304:583:274:574:335:003:385:224:425:293:455:095:536:096:375:03
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.Nigel · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 36:06 running, 38:01 at the stations and 12:41 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:24).Below, Declan · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 42:24 running, 37:05 at the stations and 5:03 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:37) and the shortest the sled push (3:27).

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Part Nigel · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men Declan · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:30 5:20
SkiErg 4:54 4:30
Run 2 4:00 4:58
Sled push 2:55 3:27
Run 3 4:16 4:57
Sled pull 4:35 4:33
Run 4 4:26 5:00
Burpee broad jump 4:32 3:38
Run 5 4:19 5:22
Row 4:59 4:42
Run 6 4:29 5:29
Farmers carry 1:59 3:45
Run 7 4:30 5:09
Sandbag lunges 5:44 5:53
Run 8 6:36 6:09
Wall balls 8:24 6:37
Roxzone 12:41 5:03
Finish 1:26:41 1:24:29

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Nigel Declan Gap
London ExCeL 2025 Open Men · 4 Dec 2025 1:26:41 1:26:41 level
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