Simon vs Paul

GBR GBR · Open Men · 3 results

Simon Aitken

1:48:40 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2025
3481st of 3,945 place in that race · 3,945 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 3 results

Paul Young

1:23:44 best Open Men time · London Olympia 2026
1235th of 2,650 place in that race · 2,650 Open Men finishers

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

Simon: Birmingham 2025, Open Men · Paul: London Olympia 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Simon and Paul sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Simon: strongest on Push (faster than 39% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 0%).Paul: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 62% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 20%).

See the numbers
Part Simon: faster than Paul: faster than
Ski 9% 47%
Push 39% 42%
Pull 0% 20%
BBJ 17% 52%
Row 11% 44%
Carry 9% 34%
Lunges 8% 54%
Wall balls 19% 43%
Roxzone 17% 62%
Runs 30% 60%

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

Part by part

Part Simon Paul
SkiErg 9% 47%
Sled push 39% 42%
Sled pull 0% 20%
Burpee broad jump 17% 52%
Row 11% 44%
Farmers carry 9% 34%
Sandbag lunges 8% 54%
Wall balls 19% 43%
Roxzone (moving) 17% 62%
Runs (8 km) 30% 60%

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 · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men1:48:40
5:555:025:003:345:1413:245:177:385:305:265:213:085:248:026:0710:038:42
Paul · London Olympia 2026 · Open Men1:23:44
4:094:304:143:065:125:274:475:314:514:534:342:274:455:067:047:525:25
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 · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 43:48 running, 56:16 at the stations and 8:42 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sled pull (13:24).Below, Paul · London Olympia 2026 · Open Men: 39:36 running, 38:52 at the stations and 5:25 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:52).

See the numbers
Part Simon · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men Paul · London Olympia 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:55 4:09
SkiErg 5:02 4:30
Run 2 5:00 4:14
Sled push 3:34 3:06
Run 3 5:14 5:12
Sled pull 13:24 5:27
Run 4 5:17 4:47
Burpee broad jump 7:38 5:31
Run 5 5:30 4:51
Row 5:26 4:53
Run 6 5:21 4:34
Farmers carry 3:08 2:27
Run 7 5:24 4:45
Sandbag lunges 8:02 5:06
Run 8 6:07 7:04
Wall balls 10:03 7:52
Roxzone 8:42 5:25
Finish 1:48:40 1:23:44

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Simon Paul Gap
Birmingham 2025 Open Men · 22 Oct 2025 1:48:40 1:48:41 0:01 · Simon faster
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