Darren vs Alex

GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Darren Starling

1:44:53 best Open Men time · London ExCeL 2025
4893rd of 5,554 place in that race · 5,554 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Alex Thomas

1:44:56 best Open Men time · London ExCeL 2025
4895th of 5,554 place in that race · 5,554 Open Men finishers

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

Darren: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men · Alex: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Darren and Alex sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Darren: strongest on Carry (faster than 42% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 2%).Alex: strongest on Push (faster than 69% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 2%).

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Part Darren: faster than Alex: faster than
Ski 31% 26%
Push 14% 69%
Pull 19% 2%
BBJ 4% 39%
Row 9% 7%
Carry 42% 16%
Lunges 2% 16%
Wall balls 15% 8%
Roxzone 24% 13%
Runs 23% 15%

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

Part by part

Part Darren Alex
SkiErg 31% 26%
Sled push 14% 69%
Sled pull 19% 2%
Burpee broad jump 4% 39%
Row 9% 7%
Farmers carry 42% 16%
Sandbag lunges 2% 16%
Wall balls 15% 8%
Roxzone (moving) 24% 13%
Runs (8 km) 23% 15%

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

Darren · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men1:44:53
3:435:014:103:334:505:544:279:474:435:374:332:094:3110:506:4810:5513:31
Alex · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men1:44:56
3:345:044:132:344:548:334:315:595:105:424:502:394:586:597:4012:4514:59
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.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).Below, 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).

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Part Darren · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men Alex · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 3:43 3:34
SkiErg 5:01 5:04
Run 2 4:10 4:13
Sled push 3:33 2:34
Run 3 4:50 4:54
Sled pull 5:54 8:33
Run 4 4:27 4:31
Burpee broad jump 9:47 5:59
Run 5 4:43 5:10
Row 5:37 5:42
Run 6 4:33 4:50
Farmers carry 2:09 2:39
Run 7 4:31 4:58
Sandbag lunges 10:50 6:59
Run 8 6:48 7:40
Wall balls 10:55 12:45
Roxzone 13:31 14:59
Finish 1:44:53 1:44:56

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Darren Alex Gap
London ExCeL 2025 Open Men · 4 Dec 2025 1:44:53 1:44:56 0:03 · Darren faster
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