Simon vs Marc

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 · 4 results

Marc Williams

1:41:40 best Open Men time · Manchester 2024
1058th of 1,206 place in that race · 1,206 Open Men finishers

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

Simon: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · Marc: Manchester 2024, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Simon and Marc 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%).Marc: strongest on BBJ (faster than 27% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 4%).

See the numbers
Part Simon: faster than Marc: faster than
Ski 8% 9%
Push 4% 26%
Pull 3% 5%
BBJ 0% 27%
Row 1% 8%
Carry 2% 22%
Lunges 0% 5%
Wall balls 1% 4%
Roxzone 5% 16%
Runs 1% 25%

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

Part by part

Part Simon Marc
SkiErg 8% 9%
Sled push 4% 26%
Sled pull 3% 5%
Burpee broad jump 0% 27%
Row 1% 8%
Farmers carry 2% 22%
Sandbag lunges 0% 5%
Wall balls 1% 4%
Roxzone (moving) 5% 16%
Runs (8 km) 1% 25%

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
Marc · Manchester 2024 · Open Men1:41:40
3:364:465:172:475:396:425:396:066:055:165:512:226:088:127:3312:177:31
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, Marc · Manchester 2024 · Open Men: 45:47 running, 48:28 at the stations and 7:31 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (12:17).

See the numbers
Part Simon · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men Marc · Manchester 2024 · Open Men
Run 1 6:09 3:36
SkiErg 5:08 4:46
Run 2 8:23 5:17
Sled push 4:52 2:47
Run 3 9:35 5:39
Sled pull 7:31 6:42
Run 4 8:15 5:39
Burpee broad jump 20:29 6:06
Run 5 11:09 6:05
Row 6:18 5:16
Run 6 8:51 5:51
Farmers carry 5:05 2:22
Run 7 8:07 6:08
Sandbag lunges 20:04 8:12
Run 8 11:10 7:33
Wall balls 17:26 12:17
Roxzone 8:18 7:31
Finish 2:46:46 1:41:40

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Simon Marc Gap
Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 2:46:46 2:44:55 1:51 · Marc faster
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