Josh vs James

NZL NZL · Open Men · 2 results

Josh Palmer

1:15:12 best Open Men time · Auckland 2026
161st of 1,138 place in that race · 1,138 Open Men finishers
AUS AUS · Open Men · 5 results

James Broderick

1:04:34 best Open Men time · Perth 2026
45th of 1,089 place in that race · 1,089 Open Men finishers

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

Josh: Auckland 2026, Open Men · James: Perth 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Josh and James sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Josh: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 96% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 55%).James: strongest on Runs (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 53%).

See the numbers
Part Josh: faster than James: faster than
Ski 55% 70%
Push 90% 76%
Pull 89% 53%
BBJ 61% 84%
Row 84% 84%
Carry 92% 71%
Lunges 66% 84%
Wall balls 63% 87%
Roxzone 96% 97%
Runs 86% 99%

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

Part by part

Part Josh James
SkiErg 55% 70%
Sled push 90% 76%
Sled pull 89% 53%
Burpee broad jump 61% 84%
Row 84% 84%
Farmers carry 92% 71%
Sandbag lunges 66% 84%
Wall balls 63% 87%
Roxzone (moving) 96% 97%
Runs (8 km) 86% 99%

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

Josh · Auckland 2026 · Open Men1:15:12
4:524:214:202:364:393:504:425:304:454:354:341:334:405:015:256:183:39
James · Perth 2026 · Open Men1:04:34
2:444:163:422:324:034:293:574:023:574:303:592:263:434:183:394:533:28
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.Josh · Auckland 2026 · Open Men: 37:58 running, 33:44 at the stations and 3:39 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:18).Below, James · Perth 2026 · Open Men: 29:44 running, 31:25 at the stations and 3:28 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (4:53).

See the numbers
Part Josh · Auckland 2026 · Open Men James · Perth 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:52 2:44
SkiErg 4:21 4:16
Run 2 4:20 3:42
Sled push 2:36 2:32
Run 3 4:39 4:03
Sled pull 3:50 4:29
Run 4 4:42 3:57
Burpee broad jump 5:30 4:02
Run 5 4:45 3:57
Row 4:35 4:30
Run 6 4:34 3:59
Farmers carry 1:33 2:26
Run 7 4:40 3:43
Sandbag lunges 5:01 4:18
Run 8 5:25 3:39
Wall balls 6:18 4:53
Roxzone 3:39 3:28
Finish 1:15:12 1:04:34

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Josh James Gap
Auckland 2026 Open Men · 29 Jan 2026 1:15:12 1:15:13 0:01 · Josh faster
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