Simon vs David
GBR · Open Men · 1 result Simon Dempsey
GBR · Open Men · 7 results David Ellis
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Simon: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · David: Cardiff 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Simon and David 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 8% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 0%).David: strongest on Push (faster than 95% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 52%).
See the numbers
| Part | Simon: faster than | David: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 8% | 52% |
| Push | 4% | 95% |
| Pull | 3% | 56% |
| BBJ | 0% | 84% |
| Row | 1% | 66% |
| Carry | 2% | 52% |
| Lunges | 0% | 66% |
| Wall balls | 1% | 94% |
| Roxzone | 5% | 67% |
| Runs | 1% | 55% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Simon | David |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 8% | 52% |
| Sled push | 4% | 95% |
| Sled pull | 3% | 56% |
| Burpee broad jump | 0% | 84% |
| Row | 1% | 66% |
| Farmers carry | 2% | 52% |
| Sandbag lunges | 0% | 66% |
| Wall balls | 1% | 94% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 5% | 67% |
| Runs (8 km) | 1% | 55% |
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
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 2026 · Open Men: 1:11:39 running, 1:26:53 at the stations and 8:18 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (20:29) and the shortest the sled push (4:52).Below, David · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men: 39:35 running, 31:27 at the stations and 4:19 in the roxzone; the longest station was the row (4:39).
See the numbers
| Part | Simon · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men | David · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 6:09 | 5:00 |
| SkiErg | 5:08 | 4:32 |
| Run 2 | 8:23 | 4:27 |
| Sled push | 4:52 | 2:14 |
| Run 3 | 9:35 | 4:51 |
| Sled pull | 7:31 | 4:34 |
| Run 4 | 8:15 | 4:49 |
| Burpee broad jump | 20:29 | 4:36 |
| Run 5 | 11:09 | 4:57 |
| Row | 6:18 | 4:39 |
| Run 6 | 8:51 | 4:53 |
| Farmers carry | 5:05 | 2:06 |
| Run 7 | 8:07 | 4:52 |
| Sandbag lunges | 20:04 | 4:21 |
| Run 8 | 11:10 | 5:46 |
| Wall balls | 17:26 | 4:25 |
| Roxzone | 8:18 | 4:19 |
| Finish | 2:46:46 | 1:15:21 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Simon | David | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 | 2:46:46 | 2:49:11 | 2:25 · Simon faster |
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