Simon vs Joel

GBR GBR · Open Men · 3 results

Simon Hughes

1:24:14 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2025
1140th of 2,041 place in that race · 2,041 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Pro Men · 5 results

Joel Cockings

1:24:13 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2025
1138th of 2,041 place in that race · 2,041 Open Men finishers

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

Simon: Cardiff 2025, Open Men · Joel: Cardiff 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Simon and Joel sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Simon: strongest on Ski (faster than 83% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 18%).Joel: strongest on Push (faster than 95% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 27%).

See the numbers
Part Simon: faster than Joel: faster than
Ski 83% 52%
Push 78% 95%
Pull 55% 48%
BBJ 27% 59%
Row 76% 44%
Carry 68% 50%
Lunges 55% 66%
Wall balls 18% 63%
Roxzone 40% 33%
Runs 50% 27%

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

Part by part

Part Simon Joel
SkiErg 83% 52%
Sled push 78% 95%
Sled pull 55% 48%
Burpee broad jump 27% 59%
Row 76% 44%
Farmers carry 68% 50%
Sandbag lunges 55% 66%
Wall balls 18% 63%
Roxzone (moving) 40% 33%
Runs (8 km) 50% 27%

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 · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men1:24:14
5:104:194:422:374:414:365:067:055:024:344:561:554:554:385:399:075:12
Joel · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men1:24:13
4:524:324:342:165:064:455:375:385:494:515:342:075:304:217:046:045:33
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 · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men: 40:11 running, 38:52 at the stations and 5:12 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:07).Below, Joel · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men: 44:07 running, 34:34 at the stations and 5:33 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:04).

See the numbers
Part Simon · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men Joel · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 5:10 4:52
SkiErg 4:19 4:32
Run 2 4:42 4:34
Sled push 2:37 2:16
Run 3 4:41 5:06
Sled pull 4:36 4:45
Run 4 5:06 5:37
Burpee broad jump 7:05 5:38
Run 5 5:02 5:49
Row 4:34 4:51
Run 6 4:56 5:34
Farmers carry 1:55 2:07
Run 7 4:55 5:30
Sandbag lunges 4:38 4:21
Run 8 5:39 7:04
Wall balls 9:07 6:04
Roxzone 5:12 5:33
Finish 1:24:14 1:24:13

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Simon Joel Gap
Cardiff 2025 Open Men · 30 May 2025 1:24:14 1:24:13 0:01 · Joel faster
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