James vs Paul

AUS AUS · Open Men · 2 results

James Backway

1:17:24 best Open Men time · Melbourne 2024
619th of 2,673 place in that race · 2,673 Open Men finishers
AUS AUS · Pro Men · 11 results

Paul Monks

1:16:35 best Open Men time · Melbourne 2024
558th of 2,673 place in that race · 2,673 Open Men finishers

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

James: Melbourne 2024, Open Men · Paul: Melbourne 2025, Pro Men

Not the same division. James's race here is Open Men and Paul's is Pro Men, with different weights and fields. The chart shows how each did against their own field, not who is faster.

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

This chart shows where James and Paul sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.James: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 89% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 36%).Paul: strongest on Runs (faster than 72% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 40%).

See the numbers
Part James: faster than Paul: faster than
Ski 79% 40%
Push 75% 72%
Pull 36% 41%
BBJ 65% 40%
Row 52% 40%
Carry 73% 59%
Lunges 74% 50%
Wall balls 89% 55%
Roxzone 74% 70%
Runs 73% 72%

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

Part by part

Part James Paul
SkiErg 79% 40%
Sled push 75% 72%
Sled pull 36% 41%
Burpee broad jump 65% 40%
Row 52% 40%
Farmers carry 73% 59%
Sandbag lunges 74% 50%
Wall balls 89% 55%
Roxzone (moving) 74% 70%
Runs (8 km) 73% 72%

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

James · Melbourne 2024 · Open Men1:17:24
4:264:094:361:584:465:175:044:554:584:484:481:544:464:374:554:347:01
Paul · Melbourne 2025 · Pro Men1:14:19
2:144:173:532:594:056:074:124:354:074:354:041:564:045:054:486:117:14
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.James · Melbourne 2024 · Open Men: 38:20 running, 32:13 at the stations and 7:01 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sled pull (5:17).Below, Paul · Melbourne 2025 · Pro Men: 31:27 running, 35:44 at the stations and 7:14 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:11).

See the numbers
Part James · Melbourne 2024 · Open Men Paul · Melbourne 2025 · Pro Men
Run 1 4:26 2:14
SkiErg 4:09 4:17
Run 2 4:36 3:53
Sled push 1:58 2:59
Run 3 4:46 4:05
Sled pull 5:17 6:07
Run 4 5:04 4:12
Burpee broad jump 4:55 4:35
Run 5 4:58 4:07
Row 4:48 4:35
Run 6 4:48 4:04
Farmers carry 1:54 1:56
Run 7 4:46 4:04
Sandbag lunges 4:37 5:05
Run 8 4:55 4:48
Wall balls 4:34 6:11
Roxzone 7:01 7:14
Finish 1:17:24 1:14:19

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race James Paul Gap
Melbourne 2024 Open Men · 28 Jun 2024 1:17:24 1:17:24 level
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