Simon vs Dean

AUS AUS · Open Men · 7 results

Simon Paini

1:13:10 best Open Men time · Melbourne 2024
350th of 2,673 place in that race · 2,673 Open Men finishers
AUS AUS · Pro Men · 4 results

Dean Armstrong

1:21:53 best Open Men time · Melbourne 2025
1235th of 2,868 place in that race · 2,868 Open Men finishers

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

Simon: Melbourne 2024, Open Men · Dean: Sydney 2026, Pro Men

Not the same division. Simon's race here is Open Men and Dean's is Pro Men, with different weights and fields. The chart shows how each did against their own field, not who is faster.

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

This chart shows where Simon and Dean sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Simon: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 93% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 41%).Dean: strongest on Push (faster than 93% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 11%).

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Part Simon: faster than Dean: faster than
Ski 41% 19%
Push 88% 93%
Pull 87% 32%
BBJ 73% 14%
Row 86% 11%
Carry 50% 16%
Lunges 84% 40%
Wall balls 86% 29%
Roxzone 93% 36%
Runs 79% 38%

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

Part by part

Part Simon Dean
SkiErg 41% 19%
Sled push 88% 93%
Sled pull 87% 32%
Burpee broad jump 73% 14%
Row 86% 11%
Farmers carry 50% 16%
Sandbag lunges 84% 40%
Wall balls 86% 29%
Roxzone (moving) 93% 36%
Runs (8 km) 79% 38%

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

Simon · Melbourne 2024 · Open Men1:13:10
4:444:254:231:464:333:444:414:354:384:294:492:084:354:185:054:445:43
Dean · Sydney 2026 · Pro Men1:20:20
3:514:264:022:204:105:044:155:334:204:484:142:394:295:166:187:127:30
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.Simon · Melbourne 2024 · Open Men: 37:27 running, 30:08 at the stations and 5:43 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (4:44) and the shortest the sled push (1:46).Below, Dean · Sydney 2026 · Pro Men: 35:38 running, 37:18 at the stations and 7:30 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:12) and the shortest the sled push (2:20).

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Part Simon · Melbourne 2024 · Open Men Dean · Sydney 2026 · Pro Men
Run 1 4:44 3:51
SkiErg 4:25 4:26
Run 2 4:23 4:02
Sled push 1:46 2:20
Run 3 4:33 4:10
Sled pull 3:44 5:04
Run 4 4:41 4:15
Burpee broad jump 4:35 5:33
Run 5 4:38 4:20
Row 4:29 4:48
Run 6 4:49 4:14
Farmers carry 2:08 2:39
Run 7 4:35 4:29
Sandbag lunges 4:18 5:16
Run 8 5:05 6:18
Wall balls 4:44 7:12
Roxzone 5:43 7:30
Finish 1:13:10 1:20:20

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Simon Dean Gap
Melbourne 2025 Open Men · 11 Dec 2025 1:21:54 1:21:53 0:01 · Dean faster
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