Simon vs Michael

GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Simon Dempsey

2:46:46 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
2720th of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Michael Pearson

2:51:22 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
2722nd of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers

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

Simon: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · Michael: Cardiff 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Simon and Michael 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%).Michael: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 4% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 0%).

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Part Simon: faster than Michael: faster than
Ski 8% 1%
Push 4% 0%
Pull 3% 0%
BBJ 0% 2%
Row 1% 0%
Carry 2% 0%
Lunges 0% 0%
Wall balls 1% 4%
Roxzone 5% 1%
Runs 1% 1%

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

Part by part

Part Simon Michael
SkiErg 8% 1%
Sled push 4% 0%
Sled pull 3% 0%
Burpee broad jump 0% 2%
Row 1% 0%
Farmers carry 2% 0%
Sandbag lunges 0% 0%
Wall balls 1% 4%
Roxzone (moving) 5% 1%
Runs (8 km) 1% 1%

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 2026 · Open Men2:46:46
6:095:088:234:529:357:318:1520:2911:096:188:515:058:0720:0411:1017:268:18
Michael · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men2:51:22
6:075:398:537:1611:4812:357:4312:437:507:0612:176:497:0819:4312:2813:3311:48
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 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, Michael · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 1:14:14 running, 1:25:25 at the stations and 11:48 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (19:43) and the shortest the SkiErg (5:39).

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Part Simon · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men Michael · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 6:09 6:07
SkiErg 5:08 5:39
Run 2 8:23 8:53
Sled push 4:52 7:16
Run 3 9:35 11:48
Sled pull 7:31 12:35
Run 4 8:15 7:43
Burpee broad jump 20:29 12:43
Run 5 11:09 7:50
Row 6:18 7:06
Run 6 8:51 12:17
Farmers carry 5:05 6:49
Run 7 8:07 7:08
Sandbag lunges 20:04 19:43
Run 8 11:10 12:28
Wall balls 17:26 13:33
Roxzone 8:18 11:48
Finish 2:46:46 2:51:22

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Simon Michael Gap
Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 2:46:46 2:51:22 4:36 · Simon faster
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