Darren vs Simon

GBR GBR · Open Men · 8 results

Darren Gray

1:09:58 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2024
251st of 2,732 place in that race · 2,732 Open Men finishers
IMN IMN · Open Men · 4 results

Simon Murphy

1:12:28 best Open Men time · Paris 2025
409th of 3,334 place in that race · 3,334 Open Men finishers

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

Darren: Birmingham 2024, Open Men · Simon: Paris 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Darren and Simon sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Darren: strongest on Lunges (faster than 97% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 67%).Simon: strongest on Pull (faster than 98% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 63%).

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Part Darren: faster than Simon: faster than
Ski 85% 87%
Push 91% 86%
Pull 94% 98%
BBJ 95% 64%
Row 68% 92%
Carry 67% 80%
Lunges 97% 63%
Wall balls 82% 95%
Roxzone 84% 86%
Runs 84% 79%

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

Part by part

Part Darren Simon
SkiErg 85% 87%
Sled push 91% 86%
Sled pull 94% 98%
Burpee broad jump 95% 64%
Row 68% 92%
Farmers carry 67% 80%
Sandbag lunges 97% 63%
Wall balls 82% 95%
Roxzone (moving) 84% 86%
Runs (8 km) 84% 79%

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

Darren · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men1:09:58
4:374:084:022:144:243:334:213:334:344:364:211:564:243:184:535:145:59
Simon · Paris 2025 · Open Men1:12:28
3:494:104:232:414:363:304:394:574:424:204:461:414:445:054:554:385:01
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.Darren · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men: 35:36 running, 28:31 at the stations and 5:59 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:14).Below, Simon · Paris 2025 · Open Men: 36:34 running, 31:01 at the stations and 5:01 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (5:05).

See the numbers
Part Darren · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men Simon · Paris 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 4:37 3:49
SkiErg 4:08 4:10
Run 2 4:02 4:23
Sled push 2:14 2:41
Run 3 4:24 4:36
Sled pull 3:33 3:30
Run 4 4:21 4:39
Burpee broad jump 3:33 4:57
Run 5 4:34 4:42
Row 4:36 4:20
Run 6 4:21 4:46
Farmers carry 1:56 1:41
Run 7 4:24 4:44
Sandbag lunges 3:18 5:05
Run 8 4:53 4:55
Wall balls 5:14 4:38
Roxzone 5:59 5:01
Finish 1:09:58 1:12:28

Head to head: 2 races they both ran

Race Darren Simon Gap
Glasgow 2025 Open Men · 12 Mar 2025 1:12:54 1:12:57 0:03 · Darren faster
Glasgow 2025 Open Men · 12 Mar 2025 1:23:13 1:12:57 10:16 · Simon faster
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