Ben vs Stephen

GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Ben Howarth

1:11:38 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
454th of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 4 results

Stephen Raikes

1:11:36 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
452nd of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers

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

Ben: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · Stephen: Cardiff 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Ben and Stephen sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Ben: strongest on Push (faster than 98% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 48%).Stephen: strongest on Pull (faster than 94% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 62%).

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Part Ben: faster than Stephen: faster than
Ski 90% 78%
Push 98% 87%
Pull 95% 94%
BBJ 92% 90%
Row 93% 78%
Carry 48% 84%
Lunges 97% 62%
Wall balls 69% 69%
Roxzone 86% 90%
Runs 66% 76%

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

Part by part

Part Ben Stephen
SkiErg 90% 78%
Sled push 98% 87%
Sled pull 95% 94%
Burpee broad jump 92% 90%
Row 93% 78%
Farmers carry 48% 84%
Sandbag lunges 97% 62%
Wall balls 69% 69%
Roxzone (moving) 86% 90%
Runs (8 km) 66% 76%

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

Ben · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:11:38
4:194:144:012:064:193:094:363:564:384:228:142:454:093:125:015:462:55
Stephen · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:11:36
5:034:224:302:294:323:104:324:014:404:334:512:114:164:395:165:452:49
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.Ben · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 39:17 running, 29:30 at the stations and 2:55 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:46) and the shortest the sled push (2:06).Below, Stephen · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 37:40 running, 31:10 at the stations and 2:49 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:45).

See the numbers
Part Ben · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men Stephen · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:19 5:03
SkiErg 4:14 4:22
Run 2 4:01 4:30
Sled push 2:06 2:29
Run 3 4:19 4:32
Sled pull 3:09 3:10
Run 4 4:36 4:32
Burpee broad jump 3:56 4:01
Run 5 4:38 4:40
Row 4:22 4:33
Run 6 8:14 4:51
Farmers carry 2:45 2:11
Run 7 4:09 4:16
Sandbag lunges 3:12 4:39
Run 8 5:01 5:16
Wall balls 5:46 5:45
Roxzone 2:55 2:49
Finish 1:11:38 1:11:36

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Ben Stephen Gap
Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 1:11:38 1:11:36 0:02 · Stephen faster
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