Alex vs Darren
Alex Thomas
Darren Starling
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Alex: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men · Darren: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Alex and Darren sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Alex: strongest on Push (faster than 69% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 2%).Darren: strongest on Carry (faster than 42% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 2%).
See the numbers
| Part | Alex: faster than | Darren: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 26% | 31% |
| Push | 69% | 14% |
| Pull | 2% | 19% |
| BBJ | 39% | 4% |
| Row | 7% | 9% |
| Carry | 16% | 42% |
| Lunges | 16% | 2% |
| Wall balls | 8% | 15% |
| Roxzone | 13% | 24% |
| Runs | 15% | 23% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Alex | Darren |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 26% | 31% |
| Sled push | 69% | 14% |
| Sled pull | 2% | 19% |
| Burpee broad jump | 39% | 4% |
| Row | 7% | 9% |
| Farmers carry | 16% | 42% |
| Sandbag lunges | 16% | 2% |
| Wall balls | 8% | 15% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 13% | 24% |
| Runs (8 km) | 15% | 23% |
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.Alex · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 39:51 running, 50:15 at the stations and 14:59 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (12:45) and the shortest the sled push (2:34).Below, Darren · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 37:46 running, 53:46 at the stations and 13:31 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:55).
See the numbers
| Part | Alex · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men | Darren · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:34 | 3:43 |
| SkiErg | 5:04 | 5:01 |
| Run 2 | 4:13 | 4:10 |
| Sled push | 2:34 | 3:33 |
| Run 3 | 4:54 | 4:50 |
| Sled pull | 8:33 | 5:54 |
| Run 4 | 4:31 | 4:27 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:59 | 9:47 |
| Run 5 | 5:10 | 4:43 |
| Row | 5:42 | 5:37 |
| Run 6 | 4:50 | 4:33 |
| Farmers carry | 2:39 | 2:09 |
| Run 7 | 4:58 | 4:31 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:59 | 10:50 |
| Run 8 | 7:40 | 6:48 |
| Wall balls | 12:45 | 10:55 |
| Roxzone | 14:59 | 13:31 |
| Finish | 1:44:56 | 1:44:53 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Alex | Darren | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London ExCeL 2025 Open Men · 4 Dec 2025 | 1:44:56 | 1:44:53 | 0:03 · Darren faster |
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