James vs Dan
GBR · Open Men · 5 results James Watson
GBR · Open Men · 13 results Dan Vallance
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
James: Birmingham 2025, Open Men · Dan: London 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where James and Dan sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.James: strongest on Row (faster than 84% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 39%).Dan: strongest on Runs (faster than 84% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 44%).
See the numbers
| Part | James: faster than | Dan: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 75% | 62% |
| Push | 39% | 65% |
| Pull | 64% | 82% |
| BBJ | 54% | 65% |
| Row | 84% | 69% |
| Carry | 71% | 44% |
| Lunges | 75% | 76% |
| Wall balls | 78% | 66% |
| Roxzone | 66% | 76% |
| Runs | 53% | 84% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | James | Dan |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 75% | 62% |
| Sled push | 39% | 65% |
| Sled pull | 64% | 82% |
| Burpee broad jump | 54% | 65% |
| Row | 84% | 69% |
| Farmers carry | 71% | 44% |
| Sandbag lunges | 75% | 76% |
| Wall balls | 78% | 66% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 66% | 76% |
| Runs (8 km) | 53% | 84% |
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: 39:37 running, 34:29 at the stations and 5:59 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:45).Below, Dan · London 2025 · Open Men: 34:56 running, 32:37 at the stations and 4:36 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:21).
See the numbers
| Part | James · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men | Dan · London 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:30 | 4:12 |
| SkiErg | 4:19 | 4:17 |
| Run 2 | 4:39 | 4:01 |
| Sled push | 3:33 | 2:38 |
| Run 3 | 4:54 | 4:12 |
| Sled pull | 4:39 | 3:38 |
| Run 4 | 4:52 | 4:09 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:27 | 4:41 |
| Run 5 | 5:02 | 4:17 |
| Row | 4:29 | 4:32 |
| Run 6 | 4:52 | 4:14 |
| Farmers carry | 1:54 | 2:14 |
| Run 7 | 4:49 | 4:21 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:23 | 4:17 |
| Run 8 | 4:58 | 5:30 |
| Wall balls | 5:45 | 6:21 |
| Roxzone | 5:59 | 4:36 |
| Finish | 1:19:56 | 1:12:02 |
Head to head: 3 races they both ran
| Race | James | Dan | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London ExCeL 2025 Pro Men · 4 Dec 2025 | 1:24:56 | 1:24:47 | 0:09 · Dan faster |
| Birmingham 2025 Open Men · 22 Oct 2025 | 1:19:56 | 1:19:38 | 0:18 · Dan faster |
| Birmingham 2024 Open Men · 25 Oct 2024 | 1:23:01 | 1:17:33 | 5:28 · Dan faster |
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