Simon vs Samuel

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 · Open Men · 4 results

Samuel Connelly

1:21:02 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
1642nd of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers

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

Simon: Cardiff 2025, Open Men · Samuel: Birmingham Birm, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Simon and Samuel 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%).Samuel: strongest on Runs (faster than 70% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 17%).

See the numbers
Part Simon: faster than Samuel: faster than
Ski 83% 60%
Push 78% 54%
Pull 55% 32%
BBJ 27% 44%
Row 76% 40%
Carry 68% 47%
Lunges 55% 17%
Wall balls 18% 59%
Roxzone 40% 69%
Runs 50% 70%

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

Part by part

Part Simon Samuel
SkiErg 83% 60%
Sled push 78% 54%
Sled pull 55% 32%
Burpee broad jump 27% 44%
Row 76% 40%
Farmers carry 68% 47%
Sandbag lunges 55% 17%
Wall balls 18% 59%
Roxzone (moving) 40% 69%
Runs (8 km) 50% 70%

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
Samuel · Birmingham Birm · Open Men1:21:02
5:064:294:153:174:265:094:235:504:284:564:252:104:306:484:436:365:40
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, Samuel · Birmingham Birm · Open Men: 36:16 running, 39:14 at the stations and 5:40 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (6:48).

See the numbers
Part Simon · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men Samuel · Birmingham Birm · Open Men
Run 1 5:10 5:06
SkiErg 4:19 4:29
Run 2 4:42 4:15
Sled push 2:37 3:17
Run 3 4:41 4:26
Sled pull 4:36 5:09
Run 4 5:06 4:23
Burpee broad jump 7:05 5:50
Run 5 5:02 4:28
Row 4:34 4:56
Run 6 4:56 4:25
Farmers carry 1:55 2:10
Run 7 4:55 4:30
Sandbag lunges 4:38 6:48
Run 8 5:39 4:43
Wall balls 9:07 6:36
Roxzone 5:12 5:40
Finish 1:24:14 1:21:02

Head to head: 2 races they both ran

Race Simon Samuel Gap
London ExCeL 2025 Doubles Men · 4 Dec 2025 1:01:50 1:06:40 4:50 · Simon faster
Cardiff 2025 Open Men · 30 May 2025 1:24:14 1:24:17 0:03 · Simon faster
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