James vs Ben

GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

James Newcombe

1:54:32 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2025
3639th of 3,945 place in that race · 3,945 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 3 results

Ben Jeynes

1:36:57 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
2985th of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers

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

James: Birmingham 2025, Open Men · Ben: Birmingham Birm, Open Men

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

This chart shows where James and Ben sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.James: strongest on Carry (faster than 44% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 2%).Ben: strongest on Ski (faster than 57% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 7%).

See the numbers
Part James: faster than Ben: faster than
Ski 28% 57%
Push 37% 9%
Pull 17% 30%
BBJ 8% 7%
Row 14% 38%
Carry 44% 16%
Lunges 8% 10%
Wall balls 2% 11%
Roxzone 14% 46%
Runs 11% 43%

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

Part by part

Part James Ben
SkiErg 28% 57%
Sled push 37% 9%
Sled pull 17% 30%
Burpee broad jump 8% 7%
Row 14% 38%
Farmers carry 44% 16%
Sandbag lunges 8% 10%
Wall balls 2% 11%
Roxzone (moving) 14% 46%
Runs (8 km) 11% 43%

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 · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men1:54:32
5:474:415:063:376:076:266:258:536:415:216:112:146:178:057:2016:299:02
Ben · Birmingham Birm · Open Men1:36:57
5:244:304:374:365:015:145:028:545:154:575:002:474:547:375:2911:116:36
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 · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 49:53 running, 55:45 at the stations and 9:02 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (16:29).Below, Ben · Birmingham Birm · Open Men: 40:42 running, 49:46 at the stations and 6:36 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (11:11).

See the numbers
Part James · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men Ben · Birmingham Birm · Open Men
Run 1 5:47 5:24
SkiErg 4:41 4:30
Run 2 5:06 4:37
Sled push 3:37 4:36
Run 3 6:07 5:01
Sled pull 6:26 5:14
Run 4 6:25 5:02
Burpee broad jump 8:53 8:54
Run 5 6:41 5:15
Row 5:21 4:57
Run 6 6:11 5:00
Farmers carry 2:14 2:47
Run 7 6:17 4:54
Sandbag lunges 8:05 7:37
Run 8 7:20 5:29
Wall balls 16:29 11:11
Roxzone 9:02 6:36
Finish 1:54:32 1:36:57

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race James Ben Gap
Birmingham 2025 Open Men · 22 Oct 2025 1:54:32 1:54:32 level
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