Brian vs James
GBR · Open Men · 7 results Brian Roper
GBR · Open Men · 5 results James Watson
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Brian: Cardiff 2025, Open Men · James: Birmingham 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Brian and James sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Brian: strongest on Ski (faster than 78% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 22%).James: strongest on Row (faster than 84% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 39%).
See the numbers
| Part | Brian: faster than | James: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 78% | 75% |
| Push | 22% | 39% |
| Pull | 40% | 64% |
| BBJ | 67% | 54% |
| Row | 72% | 84% |
| Carry | 22% | 71% |
| Lunges | 49% | 75% |
| Wall balls | 76% | 78% |
| Roxzone | 66% | 66% |
| Runs | 53% | 53% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Brian | James |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 78% | 75% |
| Sled push | 22% | 39% |
| Sled pull | 40% | 64% |
| Burpee broad jump | 67% | 54% |
| Row | 72% | 84% |
| Farmers carry | 22% | 71% |
| Sandbag lunges | 49% | 75% |
| Wall balls | 76% | 78% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 66% | 66% |
| Runs (8 km) | 53% | 53% |
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
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.Brian · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men: 39:46 running, 35:34 at the stations and 4:21 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:28).Below, James · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 39:37 running, 34:29 at the stations and 5:59 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:45).
See the numbers
| Part | Brian · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men | James · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:09 | 5:30 |
| SkiErg | 4:21 | 4:19 |
| Run 2 | 4:38 | 4:39 |
| Sled push | 3:26 | 3:33 |
| Run 3 | 4:52 | 4:54 |
| Sled pull | 5:01 | 4:39 |
| Run 4 | 4:51 | 4:52 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:18 | 5:27 |
| Run 5 | 4:58 | 5:02 |
| Row | 4:36 | 4:29 |
| Run 6 | 4:55 | 4:52 |
| Farmers carry | 2:34 | 1:54 |
| Run 7 | 4:48 | 4:49 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:49 | 4:23 |
| Run 8 | 5:35 | 4:58 |
| Wall balls | 5:28 | 5:45 |
| Roxzone | 4:21 | 5:59 |
| Finish | 1:19:40 | 1:19:56 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Brian | James | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham 2025 Open Men · 22 Oct 2025 | 1:19:56 | 1:19:56 | level |
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