Shaun vs James

GBR GBR · Open Men · 6 results

Shaun McCarthy

1:16:30 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2025
1058th of 3,945 place in that race · 3,945 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 6 results

James Bilham

1:21:20 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
1665th of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers

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

Shaun: Birmingham 2025, Open Men · James: Birmingham Birm, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Shaun and James sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Shaun: strongest on Ski (faster than 92% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 37%).James: strongest on Row (faster than 90% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 39%).

See the numbers
Part Shaun: faster than James: faster than
Ski 92% 39%
Push 77% 59%
Pull 65% 51%
BBJ 81% 61%
Row 76% 90%
Carry 84% 43%
Lunges 37% 49%
Wall balls 86% 56%
Roxzone 68% 58%
Runs 64% 50%

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

Part by part

Part Shaun James
SkiErg 92% 39%
Sled push 77% 59%
Sled pull 65% 51%
Burpee broad jump 81% 61%
Row 76% 90%
Farmers carry 84% 43%
Sandbag lunges 37% 49%
Wall balls 86% 56%
Roxzone (moving) 68% 58%
Runs (8 km) 64% 50%

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

Shaun · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men1:16:30
4:534:094:162:404:334:374:244:234:484:344:521:444:505:415:025:175:55
James · Birmingham Birm · Open Men1:21:20
5:014:394:413:124:474:365:005:054:504:234:522:144:595:105:126:446:05
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.Shaun · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 37:38 running, 33:05 at the stations and 5:55 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (5:41).Below, James · Birmingham Birm · Open Men: 39:22 running, 36:02 at the stations and 6:05 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:44).

See the numbers
Part Shaun · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men James · Birmingham Birm · Open Men
Run 1 4:53 5:01
SkiErg 4:09 4:39
Run 2 4:16 4:41
Sled push 2:40 3:12
Run 3 4:33 4:47
Sled pull 4:37 4:36
Run 4 4:24 5:00
Burpee broad jump 4:23 5:05
Run 5 4:48 4:50
Row 4:34 4:23
Run 6 4:52 4:52
Farmers carry 1:44 2:14
Run 7 4:50 4:59
Sandbag lunges 5:41 5:10
Run 8 5:02 5:12
Wall balls 5:17 6:44
Roxzone 5:55 6:05
Finish 1:16:30 1:21:20

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Shaun James Gap
London ExCeL 2025 Open Men · 4 Dec 2025 1:26:16 1:26:16 level
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