Shaun vs Nic

GBR GBR · Open Men · 5 results

Shaun Dempsey

1:46:03 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2025
1866th of 2,041 place in that race · 2,041 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 4 results

Nic Ford

1:43:30 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2025
3305th of 3,945 place in that race · 3,945 Open Men finishers

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

Shaun: Cardiff 2025, Open Men · Nic: Birmingham 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Shaun and Nic sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Shaun: strongest on Push (faster than 34% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 1%).Nic: strongest on Push (faster than 42% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 4%).

See the numbers
Part Shaun: faster than Nic: faster than
Ski 31% 4%
Push 34% 42%
Pull 2% 7%
BBJ 5% 11%
Row 1% 8%
Carry 10% 23%
Lunges 27% 12%
Wall balls 25% 15%
Roxzone 5% 30%
Runs 13% 24%

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

Part by part

Part Shaun Nic
SkiErg 31% 4%
Sled push 34% 42%
Sled pull 2% 7%
Burpee broad jump 5% 11%
Row 1% 8%
Farmers carry 10% 23%
Sandbag lunges 27% 12%
Wall balls 25% 15%
Roxzone (moving) 5% 30%
Runs (8 km) 13% 24%

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

Shaun · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men1:46:03
5:164:425:023:145:407:565:3910:135:366:025:302:585:445:3310:158:188:25
Nic · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men1:43:30
5:575:125:153:285:297:315:408:305:495:325:362:375:317:245:4610:427:38
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.Shaun · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men: 48:42 running, 48:56 at the stations and 8:25 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (10:13).Below, Nic · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 45:04 running, 50:56 at the stations and 7:38 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:42).

See the numbers
Part Shaun · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men Nic · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 5:16 5:57
SkiErg 4:42 5:12
Run 2 5:02 5:15
Sled push 3:14 3:28
Run 3 5:40 5:29
Sled pull 7:56 7:31
Run 4 5:39 5:40
Burpee broad jump 10:13 8:30
Run 5 5:36 5:49
Row 6:02 5:32
Run 6 5:30 5:36
Farmers carry 2:58 2:37
Run 7 5:44 5:31
Sandbag lunges 5:33 7:24
Run 8 10:15 5:46
Wall balls 8:18 10:42
Roxzone 8:25 7:38
Finish 1:46:03 1:43:30

Head to head: 2 races they both ran

Race Shaun Nic Gap
Manchester 2026 Doubles Men · 21 Jan 2026 1:16:06 1:25:57 9:51 · Shaun faster
Cardiff 2025 Open Men · 30 May 2025 1:46:03 1:45:58 0:05 · Nic faster
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