Simon vs Philippe

GBR GBR · Open Men · 5 results

Simon Haynes

1:26:19 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
2118th of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers
RSA RSA · Open Men · 3 results

Philippe Frederic Merven

1:26:20 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
2120th of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers

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

Simon: Birmingham Birm, Open Men · Philippe: Birmingham Birm, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Simon and Philippe 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 80% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 25%).Philippe: strongest on Row (faster than 62% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 19%).

See the numbers
Part Simon: faster than Philippe: faster than
Ski 57% 40%
Push 80% 39%
Pull 59% 27%
BBJ 75% 48%
Row 29% 62%
Carry 25% 19%
Lunges 57% 61%
Wall balls 33% 26%
Roxzone 50% 57%
Runs 32% 46%

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

Part by part

Part Simon Philippe
SkiErg 57% 40%
Sled push 80% 39%
Sled pull 59% 27%
Burpee broad jump 75% 48%
Row 29% 62%
Farmers carry 25% 19%
Sandbag lunges 57% 61%
Wall balls 33% 26%
Roxzone (moving) 50% 57%
Runs (8 km) 32% 46%

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 Birm · Open Men1:26:19
5:294:304:412:525:164:235:024:295:025:054:512:327:374:555:008:166:27
Philippe · Birmingham Birm · Open Men1:26:20
4:544:384:413:315:305:205:125:405:034:424:562:424:494:485:048:506:08
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 Birm · Open Men: 42:58 running, 37:02 at the stations and 6:27 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:16).Below, Philippe · Birmingham Birm · Open Men: 40:09 running, 40:11 at the stations and 6:08 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:50).

See the numbers
Part Simon · Birmingham Birm · Open Men Philippe · Birmingham Birm · Open Men
Run 1 5:29 4:54
SkiErg 4:30 4:38
Run 2 4:41 4:41
Sled push 2:52 3:31
Run 3 5:16 5:30
Sled pull 4:23 5:20
Run 4 5:02 5:12
Burpee broad jump 4:29 5:40
Run 5 5:02 5:03
Row 5:05 4:42
Run 6 4:51 4:56
Farmers carry 2:32 2:42
Run 7 7:37 4:49
Sandbag lunges 4:55 4:48
Run 8 5:00 5:04
Wall balls 8:16 8:50
Roxzone 6:27 6:08
Finish 1:26:19 1:26:20

Head to head: 2 races they both ran

Race Simon Philippe Gap
Birmingham Birm Open Men · 27 Oct 2026 1:26:19 1:26:20 0:01 · Simon faster
London Olympia 2026 Open Men · 24 Mar 2026 1:43:40 1:37:12 6:28 · Philippe faster
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