Alex vs James

AUS AUS · Open Men · 3 results

Alex Bourne

1:16:11 best Open Men time · Sydney 2025
694th of 2,104 place in that race · 2,104 Open Men finishers
AUS AUS · Open Men · 2 results

James Richards

1:20:30 best Open Men time · Sydney 2026
1212th of 3,324 place in that race · 3,324 Open Men finishers

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

Alex: Sydney 2025, Open Men · James: Sydney 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Alex and James sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Alex: strongest on Row (faster than 80% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 53%).James: strongest on Carry (faster than 92% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 47%).

See the numbers
Part Alex: faster than James: faster than
Ski 53% 75%
Push 63% 84%
Pull 79% 91%
BBJ 61% 50%
Row 80% 86%
Carry 75% 92%
Lunges 56% 55%
Wall balls 70% 73%
Roxzone 74% 65%
Runs 59% 47%

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

Part by part

Part Alex James
SkiErg 53% 75%
Sled push 63% 84%
Sled pull 79% 91%
Burpee broad jump 61% 50%
Row 80% 86%
Farmers carry 75% 92%
Sandbag lunges 56% 55%
Wall balls 70% 73%
Roxzone (moving) 74% 65%
Runs (8 km) 59% 47%

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

Alex · Sydney 2025 · Open Men1:16:11
3:474:194:052:114:103:534:155:004:434:254:371:544:305:036:375:277:24
James · Sydney 2026 · Open Men1:20:30
4:144:154:262:084:363:244:415:414:524:244:571:335:015:227:225:447:59
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.Alex · Sydney 2025 · Open Men: 36:44 running, 32:12 at the stations and 7:24 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:27).Below, James · Sydney 2026 · Open Men: 40:09 running, 32:31 at the stations and 7:59 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:44).

See the numbers
Part Alex · Sydney 2025 · Open Men James · Sydney 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:47 4:14
SkiErg 4:19 4:15
Run 2 4:05 4:26
Sled push 2:11 2:08
Run 3 4:10 4:36
Sled pull 3:53 3:24
Run 4 4:15 4:41
Burpee broad jump 5:00 5:41
Run 5 4:43 4:52
Row 4:25 4:24
Run 6 4:37 4:57
Farmers carry 1:54 1:33
Run 7 4:30 5:01
Sandbag lunges 5:03 5:22
Run 8 6:37 7:22
Wall balls 5:27 5:44
Roxzone 7:24 7:59
Finish 1:16:11 1:20:30

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Alex James Gap
Sydney 2026 Open Men · 1 Jul 2026 1:20:30 1:20:30 level
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