Ryan vs James

GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Ryan Roberts

1:08:34 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
272nd of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 4 results

James Vernall

1:08:32 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
270th of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers

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

Ryan: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · James: Cardiff 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Ryan and James sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Ryan: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 96% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 67%).James: strongest on Ski (faster than 98% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 75%).

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Part Ryan: faster than James: faster than
Ski 84% 98%
Push 73% 93%
Pull 91% 91%
BBJ 71% 92%
Row 88% 94%
Carry 79% 84%
Lunges 72% 75%
Wall balls 67% 93%
Roxzone 96% 92%
Runs 94% 80%

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

Part by part

Part Ryan James
SkiErg 84% 98%
Sled push 73% 93%
Sled pull 91% 91%
Burpee broad jump 71% 92%
Row 88% 94%
Farmers carry 79% 84%
Sandbag lunges 72% 75%
Wall balls 67% 93%
Roxzone (moving) 96% 92%
Runs (8 km) 94% 80%

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

Ryan · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:08:34
4:224:193:552:444:033:194:054:564:134:274:242:173:554:204:495:532:36
James · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:08:32
4:324:054:102:204:333:194:383:554:434:214:442:114:214:145:204:252:44
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.Ryan · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 33:47 running, 32:14 at the stations and 2:36 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:53).Below, James · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 37:01 running, 28:50 at the stations and 2:44 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (4:25).

See the numbers
Part Ryan · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men James · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:22 4:32
SkiErg 4:19 4:05
Run 2 3:55 4:10
Sled push 2:44 2:20
Run 3 4:03 4:33
Sled pull 3:19 3:19
Run 4 4:05 4:38
Burpee broad jump 4:56 3:55
Run 5 4:13 4:43
Row 4:27 4:21
Run 6 4:24 4:44
Farmers carry 2:17 2:11
Run 7 3:55 4:21
Sandbag lunges 4:20 4:14
Run 8 4:49 5:20
Wall balls 5:53 4:25
Roxzone 2:36 2:44
Finish 1:08:34 1:08:32

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Ryan James Gap
Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 1:08:34 1:08:32 0:02 · James faster
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