Paul vs James
GBR · Open Men · 5 results Paul Holdaway
GBR · Open Men · 2 results James Kettlewell
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Paul: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men · James: London 2024, Open Men
This chart shows where Paul and James sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Paul: strongest on Pull (faster than 86% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 25%).James: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 78% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 29%).
See the numbers
| Part | Paul: faster than | James: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 54% | 45% |
| Push | 44% | 60% |
| Pull | 86% | 65% |
| BBJ | 86% | 57% |
| Row | 85% | 36% |
| Carry | 36% | 29% |
| Lunges | 55% | 73% |
| Wall balls | 25% | 64% |
| Roxzone | 57% | 78% |
| Runs | 50% | 70% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Paul | James |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 54% | 45% |
| Sled push | 44% | 60% |
| Sled pull | 86% | 65% |
| Burpee broad jump | 86% | 57% |
| Row | 85% | 36% |
| Farmers carry | 36% | 29% |
| Sandbag lunges | 55% | 73% |
| Wall balls | 25% | 64% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 57% | 78% |
| Runs (8 km) | 50% | 70% |
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
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.Paul · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 33:30 running, 36:53 at the stations and 11:20 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:31).Below, James · London 2024 · Open Men: 36:50 running, 35:20 at the stations and 6:26 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:00).
See the numbers
| Part | Paul · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men | James · London 2024 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:29 | 5:23 |
| SkiErg | 4:48 | 4:28 |
| Run 2 | 3:58 | 3:57 |
| Sled push | 2:54 | 2:54 |
| Run 3 | 3:55 | 4:17 |
| Sled pull | 3:52 | 4:37 |
| Run 4 | 4:00 | 4:26 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:00 | 5:37 |
| Run 5 | 4:03 | 4:30 |
| Row | 4:35 | 4:56 |
| Run 6 | 3:54 | 4:32 |
| Farmers carry | 2:14 | 2:26 |
| Run 7 | 4:18 | 4:35 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:59 | 4:22 |
| Run 8 | 5:53 | 5:11 |
| Wall balls | 9:31 | 6:00 |
| Roxzone | 11:20 | 6:26 |
| Finish | 1:21:35 | 1:18:27 |
Head to head: 2 races they both ran
| Race | Paul | James | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London ExCeL 2025 Open Men · 4 Dec 2025 | 1:21:35 | 1:21:36 | 0:01 · Paul faster |
| London 2024 Open Men · 1 Dec 2024 | 1:23:38 | 1:18:27 | 5:11 · James faster |
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