James vs Damian

RSA RSA · Open Men · 2 results

James Beale

1:03:51 best Open Men time · Mechelen 2026
98th of 2,671 place in that race · 2,671 Open Men finishers
NED NED · Open Men · 7 results

Damian Zaal

1:03:35 best Open Men time · Rotterdam 2026
62nd of 2,721 place in that race · 2,721 Open Men finishers

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

James: Mechelen 2026, Open Men · Damian: Rotterdam 2026, Open Men

50% SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
JamesDamianedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where James and Damian sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.James: strongest on Carry (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 66%).Damian: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 85%).

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Part James: faster than Damian: faster than
Ski 96% 85%
Push 66% 91%
Pull 99% 95%
BBJ 78% 99%
Row 97% 94%
Carry 99% 99%
Lunges 81% 98%
Wall balls 92% 98%
Roxzone 98% 99%
Runs 95% 93%

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

Part by part

Part James Damian
SkiErg 96% 85%
Sled push 66% 91%
Sled pull 99% 95%
Burpee broad jump 78% 99%
Row 97% 94%
Farmers carry 99% 99%
Sandbag lunges 81% 98%
Wall balls 92% 98%
Roxzone (moving) 98% 99%
Runs (8 km) 95% 93%

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

James · Mechelen 2026 · Open Men1:03:51
3:024:023:382:283:552:543:564:253:554:123:571:233:504:024:114:405:29
Damian · Rotterdam 2026 · Open Men1:03:35
4:114:263:522:094:043:144:013:084:094:223:591:264:203:154:444:074:16
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.James · Mechelen 2026 · Open Men: 30:23 running, 28:06 at the stations and 5:29 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (4:40).Below, Damian · Rotterdam 2026 · Open Men: 33:20 running, 26:07 at the stations and 4:16 in the roxzone; the longest station was the SkiErg (4:26).

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Part James · Mechelen 2026 · Open Men Damian · Rotterdam 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:02 4:11
SkiErg 4:02 4:26
Run 2 3:38 3:52
Sled push 2:28 2:09
Run 3 3:55 4:04
Sled pull 2:54 3:14
Run 4 3:56 4:01
Burpee broad jump 4:25 3:08
Run 5 3:55 4:09
Row 4:12 4:22
Run 6 3:57 3:59
Farmers carry 1:23 1:26
Run 7 3:50 4:20
Sandbag lunges 4:02 3:15
Run 8 4:11 4:44
Wall balls 4:40 4:07
Roxzone 5:29 4:16
Finish 1:03:51 1:03:35

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race James Damian Gap
Mechelen 2026 Open Men · 27 Mar 2026 1:03:51 1:03:48 0:03 · Damian faster
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