Ben vs James

AUS AUS · Open Men · 1 result

Ben Howard

1:18:42 best Open Men time · Sydney 2025
840th of 2,104 place in that race · 2,104 Open Men finishers
AUS AUS · Open Men · 1 result

James Hickson

1:18:42 best Open Men time · Sydney 2025
838th of 2,104 place in that race · 2,104 Open Men finishers

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

Ben: Sydney 2025, Open Men · James: Sydney 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Ben and James sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Ben: strongest on Runs (faster than 72% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 8%).James: strongest on Ski (faster than 98% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 33%).

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Part Ben: faster than James: faster than
Ski 57% 98%
Push 51% 85%
Pull 56% 74%
BBJ 40% 57%
Row 35% 78%
Carry 8% 86%
Lunges 42% 96%
Wall balls 55% 55%
Roxzone 62% 81%
Runs 72% 33%

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

Part by part

Part Ben James
SkiErg 57% 98%
Sled push 51% 85%
Sled pull 56% 74%
Burpee broad jump 40% 57%
Row 35% 78%
Farmers carry 8% 86%
Sandbag lunges 42% 96%
Wall balls 55% 55%
Roxzone (moving) 62% 81%
Runs (8 km) 72% 33%

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

Ben · Sydney 2025 · Open Men1:18:42
3:264:173:432:194:024:264:065:454:354:484:193:044:065:346:236:047:53
James · Sydney 2025 · Open Men1:18:42
3:093:534:591:544:074:004:045:084:104:264:001:474:023:3512:276:027:06
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.Ben · Sydney 2025 · Open Men: 34:40 running, 36:17 at the stations and 7:53 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:04) and the shortest the sled push (2:19).Below, James · Sydney 2025 · Open Men: 40:58 running, 30:44 at the stations and 7:06 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:02).

See the numbers
Part Ben · Sydney 2025 · Open Men James · Sydney 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 3:26 3:09
SkiErg 4:17 3:53
Run 2 3:43 4:59
Sled push 2:19 1:54
Run 3 4:02 4:07
Sled pull 4:26 4:00
Run 4 4:06 4:04
Burpee broad jump 5:45 5:08
Run 5 4:35 4:10
Row 4:48 4:26
Run 6 4:19 4:00
Farmers carry 3:04 1:47
Run 7 4:06 4:02
Sandbag lunges 5:34 3:35
Run 8 6:23 12:27
Wall balls 6:04 6:02
Roxzone 7:53 7:06
Finish 1:18:42 1:18:42

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Ben James Gap
Sydney 2025 Open Men · 4 Jul 2025 1:18:42 1:18:42 level
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