Simon vs Ben

GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Simon Walkley

1:29:27 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
1727th of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Ben Langcaster

1:32:17 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
2637th of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers

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

Simon: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · Ben: Birmingham Birm, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Simon and Ben sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Simon: strongest on Row (faster than 56% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 14%).Ben: strongest on Ski (faster than 85% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 6%).

See the numbers
Part Simon: faster than Ben: faster than
Ski 14% 85%
Push 41% 51%
Pull 30% 34%
BBJ 31% 24%
Row 56% 54%
Carry 51% 61%
Lunges 34% 63%
Wall balls 41% 49%
Roxzone 35% 6%
Runs 36% 26%

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

Part by part

Part Simon Ben
SkiErg 14% 85%
Sled push 41% 51%
Sled pull 30% 34%
Burpee broad jump 31% 24%
Row 56% 54%
Farmers carry 51% 61%
Sandbag lunges 34% 63%
Wall balls 41% 49%
Roxzone (moving) 35% 6%
Runs (8 km) 36% 26%

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 Men1:29:27
5:584:595:153:155:364:595:306:495:254:465:332:424:595:386:157:184:33
Ben · Birmingham Birm · Open Men1:32:17
4:554:174:493:195:125:065:256:546:024:465:562:005:384:436:107:1010:03
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: 44:31 running, 40:26 at the stations and 4:33 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:18).Below, Ben · Birmingham Birm · Open Men: 44:07 running, 38:16 at the stations and 10:03 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:10).

See the numbers
Part Simon · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men Ben · Birmingham Birm · Open Men
Run 1 5:58 4:55
SkiErg 4:59 4:17
Run 2 5:15 4:49
Sled push 3:15 3:19
Run 3 5:36 5:12
Sled pull 4:59 5:06
Run 4 5:30 5:25
Burpee broad jump 6:49 6:54
Run 5 5:25 6:02
Row 4:46 4:46
Run 6 5:33 5:56
Farmers carry 2:42 2:00
Run 7 4:59 5:38
Sandbag lunges 5:38 4:43
Run 8 6:15 6:10
Wall balls 7:18 7:10
Roxzone 4:33 10:03
Finish 1:29:27 1:32:17

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Simon Ben Gap
Birmingham Birm Open Men · 31 Oct 2026 1:32:17 1:32:17 level
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