Sam vs Simon

GBR GBR · Open Men · 6 results

Sam Powell

1:15:51 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2025
608th of 2,041 place in that race · 2,041 Open Men finishers
NZL NZL · Open Men · 2 results

Simon Connolly

1:09:54 best Open Men time · London ExCeL 2025
796th of 5,554 place in that race · 5,554 Open Men finishers

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

Sam: Cardiff 2025, Open Men · Simon: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Sam and Simon sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Sam: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 89% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 49%).Simon: strongest on Pull (faster than 94% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 68%).

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Part Sam: faster than Simon: faster than
Ski 84% 68%
Push 62% 90%
Pull 69% 94%
BBJ 49% 75%
Row 78% 76%
Carry 61% 80%
Lunges 51% 84%
Wall balls 82% 94%
Roxzone 89% 79%
Runs 63% 78%

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

Part by part

Part Sam Simon
SkiErg 84% 68%
Sled push 62% 90%
Sled pull 69% 94%
Burpee broad jump 49% 75%
Row 78% 76%
Farmers carry 61% 80%
Sandbag lunges 51% 84%
Wall balls 82% 94%
Roxzone (moving) 89% 79%
Runs (8 km) 63% 78%

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

Sam · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men1:15:51
4:314:184:172:504:384:185:596:014:374:334:272:004:254:455:245:113:37
Simon · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men1:09:54
3:024:413:272:153:293:363:304:313:464:413:371:433:344:045:184:4110:08
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.Sam · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men: 38:18 running, 33:56 at the stations and 3:37 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (6:01).Below, Simon · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 29:43 running, 30:12 at the stations and 10:08 in the roxzone; the longest station was the SkiErg (4:41).

See the numbers
Part Sam · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men Simon · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 4:31 3:02
SkiErg 4:18 4:41
Run 2 4:17 3:27
Sled push 2:50 2:15
Run 3 4:38 3:29
Sled pull 4:18 3:36
Run 4 5:59 3:30
Burpee broad jump 6:01 4:31
Run 5 4:37 3:46
Row 4:33 4:41
Run 6 4:27 3:37
Farmers carry 2:00 1:43
Run 7 4:25 3:34
Sandbag lunges 4:45 4:04
Run 8 5:24 5:18
Wall balls 5:11 4:41
Roxzone 3:37 10:08
Finish 1:15:51 1:09:54

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Sam Simon Gap
Cardiff 2025 Open Men · 30 May 2025 1:15:51 1:15:50 0:01 · Simon faster
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