James vs Ryan
GBR · Open Men · 1 result James Newcombe
GBR · Open Men · 2 results Ryan Williams
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
James: Birmingham 2025, Open Men · Ryan: Manchester 2024, Open Men
This chart shows where James and Ryan 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%).Ryan: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 15% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 2%).
See the numbers
| Part | James: faster than | Ryan: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 28% | 14% |
| Push | 37% | 8% |
| Pull | 17% | 7% |
| BBJ | 8% | 7% |
| Row | 14% | 7% |
| Carry | 44% | 2% |
| Lunges | 8% | 13% |
| Wall balls | 2% | 15% |
| Roxzone | 14% | 3% |
| Runs | 11% | 14% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | James | Ryan |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 28% | 14% |
| Sled push | 37% | 8% |
| Sled pull | 17% | 7% |
| Burpee broad jump | 8% | 7% |
| Row | 14% | 7% |
| Farmers carry | 44% | 2% |
| Sandbag lunges | 8% | 13% |
| Wall balls | 2% | 15% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 14% | 3% |
| Runs (8 km) | 11% | 14% |
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.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, Ryan · Manchester 2024 · Open Men: 49:38 running, 46:59 at the stations and 10:16 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:42).
See the numbers
| Part | James · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men | Ryan · Manchester 2024 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:47 | 4:30 |
| SkiErg | 4:41 | 4:39 |
| Run 2 | 5:06 | 6:01 |
| Sled push | 3:37 | 3:24 |
| Run 3 | 6:07 | 6:10 |
| Sled pull | 6:26 | 6:21 |
| Run 4 | 6:25 | 6:26 |
| Burpee broad jump | 8:53 | 8:26 |
| Run 5 | 6:41 | 6:26 |
| Row | 5:21 | 5:17 |
| Run 6 | 6:11 | 6:17 |
| Farmers carry | 2:14 | 3:23 |
| Run 7 | 6:17 | 6:32 |
| Sandbag lunges | 8:05 | 6:48 |
| Run 8 | 7:20 | 7:17 |
| Wall balls | 16:29 | 8:42 |
| Roxzone | 9:02 | 10:16 |
| Finish | 1:54:32 | 1:46:47 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | James | Ryan | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham 2025 Open Men · 22 Oct 2025 | 1:54:32 | 1:54:30 | 0:02 · Ryan faster |
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