Samuel vs James

GBR GBR · Open Men · 7 results

Samuel Cowley

1:10:20 best Open Men time · Manchester 2026
361st of 2,544 place in that race · 2,544 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 6 results

James Ferrari

1:13:00 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
810th of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers

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

Samuel: Manchester 2026, Open Men · James: Birmingham Birm, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Samuel and James sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Samuel: strongest on Row (faster than 97% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 65%).James: strongest on Pull (faster than 92% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 62%).

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Part Samuel: faster than James: faster than
Ski 73% 77%
Push 84% 62%
Pull 93% 92%
BBJ 65% 89%
Row 97% 70%
Carry 90% 67%
Lunges 65% 81%
Wall balls 94% 85%
Roxzone 92% 85%
Runs 77% 62%

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

Part by part

Part Samuel James
SkiErg 73% 77%
Sled push 84% 62%
Sled pull 93% 92%
Burpee broad jump 65% 89%
Row 97% 70%
Farmers carry 90% 67%
Sandbag lunges 65% 81%
Wall balls 94% 85%
Roxzone (moving) 92% 85%
Runs (8 km) 77% 62%

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

Samuel · Manchester 2026 · Open Men1:10:20
3:204:144:422:174:573:204:524:495:044:124:471:405:084:514:024:293:46
James · Birmingham Birm · Open Men1:13:00
4:314:214:223:094:433:274:433:474:444:374:381:564:454:095:055:075:03
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.Samuel · Manchester 2026 · Open Men: 36:52 running, 29:52 at the stations and 3:46 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (4:51).Below, James · Birmingham Birm · Open Men: 37:31 running, 30:33 at the stations and 5:03 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:07).

See the numbers
Part Samuel · Manchester 2026 · Open Men James · Birmingham Birm · Open Men
Run 1 3:20 4:31
SkiErg 4:14 4:21
Run 2 4:42 4:22
Sled push 2:17 3:09
Run 3 4:57 4:43
Sled pull 3:20 3:27
Run 4 4:52 4:43
Burpee broad jump 4:49 3:47
Run 5 5:04 4:44
Row 4:12 4:37
Run 6 4:47 4:38
Farmers carry 1:40 1:56
Run 7 5:08 4:45
Sandbag lunges 4:51 4:09
Run 8 4:02 5:05
Wall balls 4:29 5:07
Roxzone 3:46 5:03
Finish 1:10:20 1:13:00

Head to head: 2 races they both ran

Race Samuel James Gap
Birmingham Birm Open Men · 28 Oct 2026 1:12:57 1:13:00 0:03 · Samuel faster
Birmingham Birm Doubles Mixed · 27 Oct 2026 1:10:57 1:08:29 2:28 · James faster
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