Brandon vs James

IRL IRL · Open Men · 1 result

Brandon Best Blake

1:11:46 best Open Men time · Berlin 2026
549th of 4,143 place in that race · 4,143 Open Men finishers
IRL IRL · Open Men · 5 results

James Harding

1:11:40 best Open Men time · Berlin 2026
547th of 4,143 place in that race · 4,143 Open Men finishers

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

Brandon: Berlin 2026, Open Men · James: Berlin 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Brandon and James sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Brandon: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 95% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 8%).James: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 95% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 38%).

See the numbers
Part Brandon: faster than James: faster than
Ski 76% 54%
Push 77% 67%
Pull 8% 88%
BBJ 74% 60%
Row 72% 58%
Carry 66% 38%
Lunges 78% 56%
Wall balls 92% 80%
Roxzone 95% 95%
Runs 93% 94%

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

Part by part

Part Brandon James
SkiErg 76% 54%
Sled push 77% 67%
Sled pull 8% 88%
Burpee broad jump 74% 60%
Row 72% 58%
Farmers carry 66% 38%
Sandbag lunges 78% 56%
Wall balls 92% 80%
Roxzone (moving) 95% 95%
Runs (8 km) 93% 94%

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

Brandon · Berlin 2026 · Open Men1:11:46
3:034:203:112:523:156:133:154:423:224:373:282:043:244:244:384:4210:27
James · Berlin 2026 · Open Men1:11:40
3:054:303:183:033:193:243:185:173:184:453:152:283:185:084:335:2610:23
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.Brandon · Berlin 2026 · Open Men: 27:36 running, 33:55 at the stations and 10:27 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sled pull (6:13).Below, James · Berlin 2026 · Open Men: 27:24 running, 34:01 at the stations and 10:23 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:26).

See the numbers
Part Brandon · Berlin 2026 · Open Men James · Berlin 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:03 3:05
SkiErg 4:20 4:30
Run 2 3:11 3:18
Sled push 2:52 3:03
Run 3 3:15 3:19
Sled pull 6:13 3:24
Run 4 3:15 3:18
Burpee broad jump 4:42 5:17
Run 5 3:22 3:18
Row 4:37 4:45
Run 6 3:28 3:15
Farmers carry 2:04 2:28
Run 7 3:24 3:18
Sandbag lunges 4:24 5:08
Run 8 4:38 4:33
Wall balls 4:42 5:26
Roxzone 10:27 10:23
Finish 1:11:46 1:11:40

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Brandon James Gap
Berlin 2026 Open Men · 22 May 2026 1:11:46 1:11:40 0:06 · James faster
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