James vs Brendan
AUS · Open Men · 3 results James Birrell
AUS · Open Men · 2 results Brendan Rae
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
James: Melbourne 2024, Open Men · Brendan: Melbourne 2024, Open Men
This chart shows where James and Brendan sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.James: strongest on Lunges (faster than 80% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 2%).Brendan: strongest on Pull (faster than 73% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 2%).
See the numbers
| Part | James: faster than | Brendan: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 53% | 2% |
| Push | 18% | 8% |
| Pull | 4% | 73% |
| BBJ | 16% | 8% |
| Row | 27% | 6% |
| Carry | 2% | 35% |
| Lunges | 80% | 31% |
| Wall balls | 5% | 5% |
| Roxzone | 37% | 8% |
| Runs | 27% | 44% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | James | Brendan |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 53% | 2% |
| Sled push | 18% | 8% |
| Sled pull | 4% | 73% |
| Burpee broad jump | 16% | 8% |
| Row | 27% | 6% |
| Farmers carry | 2% | 35% |
| Sandbag lunges | 80% | 31% |
| Wall balls | 5% | 5% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 37% | 8% |
| Runs (8 km) | 27% | 44% |
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 · Melbourne 2024 · Open Men: 46:07 running, 46:04 at the stations and 9:01 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:26) and the shortest the sled push (2:50).Below, Brendan · Melbourne 2024 · Open Men: 42:47 running, 45:26 at the stations and 12:29 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:17).
See the numbers
| Part | James · Melbourne 2024 · Open Men | Brendan · Melbourne 2024 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:44 | 2:55 |
| SkiErg | 4:20 | 5:09 |
| Run 2 | 5:11 | 5:05 |
| Sled push | 2:50 | 3:14 |
| Run 3 | 5:19 | 5:32 |
| Sled pull | 8:02 | 4:11 |
| Run 4 | 5:48 | 5:36 |
| Burpee broad jump | 7:30 | 8:35 |
| Run 5 | 5:55 | 5:33 |
| Row | 5:05 | 5:33 |
| Run 6 | 5:48 | 5:33 |
| Farmers carry | 3:26 | 2:19 |
| Run 7 | 5:35 | 5:45 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:26 | 6:09 |
| Run 8 | 7:47 | 6:48 |
| Wall balls | 10:26 | 10:17 |
| Roxzone | 9:01 | 12:29 |
| Finish | 1:41:04 | 1:40:37 |
Head to head: 3 races they both ran
| Race | James | Brendan | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne 2025 Open Men · 11 Dec 2025 | 1:47:20 | 1:47:12 | 0:08 · Brendan faster |
| Melbourne 2024 Open Men · 28 Jun 2024 | 1:48:26 | 1:40:37 | 7:49 · Brendan faster |
| Melbourne 2024 Open Men · 28 Jun 2024 | 1:41:04 | 1:40:37 | 0:27 · Brendan faster |
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