Ryan vs James
IRL · Open Men · 3 results Ryan McDonald
IRL · Open Men · 4 results James Sharpe
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Ryan: Dublin 2025, Open Men · James: Bologna 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Ryan and James sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Ryan: strongest on Carry (faster than 98% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 89%).James: strongest on Carry (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 86%).
See the numbers
| Part | Ryan: faster than | James: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 95% | 97% |
| Push | 98% | 99% |
| Pull | 97% | 99% |
| BBJ | 98% | 86% |
| Row | 95% | 98% |
| Carry | 98% | 99% |
| Lunges | 89% | 97% |
| Wall balls | 90% | 97% |
| Roxzone | 96% | 96% |
| Runs | 95% | 97% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Ryan | James |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 95% | 97% |
| Sled push | 98% | 99% |
| Sled pull | 97% | 99% |
| Burpee broad jump | 98% | 86% |
| Row | 95% | 98% |
| Farmers carry | 98% | 99% |
| Sandbag lunges | 89% | 97% |
| Wall balls | 90% | 97% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 96% | 96% |
| Runs (8 km) | 95% | 97% |
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.Ryan · Dublin 2025 · Open Men: 32:42 running, 26:46 at the stations and 3:09 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (4:58).Below, James · Bologna 2026 · Open Men: 31:14 running, 26:02 at the stations and 5:00 in the roxzone; the longest station was the row (4:12).
See the numbers
| Part | Ryan · Dublin 2025 · Open Men | James · Bologna 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 2:29 | 3:44 |
| SkiErg | 4:06 | 4:05 |
| Run 2 | 4:07 | 3:45 |
| Sled push | 1:47 | 1:59 |
| Run 3 | 4:16 | 3:59 |
| Sled pull | 3:15 | 2:59 |
| Run 4 | 4:23 | 3:54 |
| Burpee broad jump | 3:04 | 3:51 |
| Run 5 | 4:20 | 3:54 |
| Row | 4:20 | 4:12 |
| Run 6 | 4:25 | 3:49 |
| Farmers carry | 1:23 | 1:23 |
| Run 7 | 5:36 | 3:55 |
| Sandbag lunges | 3:53 | 3:25 |
| Run 8 | 3:06 | 4:14 |
| Wall balls | 4:58 | 4:09 |
| Roxzone | 3:09 | 5:00 |
| Finish | 1:02:32 | 1:02:07 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Ryan | James | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dublin 2025 Open Men · 12 Nov 2025 | 1:02:32 | 1:02:31 | 0:01 · James faster |
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