Niall vs James
IRL · Open Men · 1 result Niall Smyth
GBR · Open Men · 3 results James Buick
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Niall: Dublin 2025, Open Men · James: Dublin 2024, Open Men
This chart shows where Niall and James sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Niall: strongest on Push (faster than 98% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 26%).James: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 96% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 45%).
See the numbers
| Part | Niall: faster than | James: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 72% | 55% |
| Push | 98% | 80% |
| Pull | 50% | 69% |
| BBJ | 54% | 89% |
| Row | 81% | 74% |
| Carry | 63% | 45% |
| Lunges | 92% | 48% |
| Wall balls | 26% | 96% |
| Roxzone | 39% | 77% |
| Runs | 69% | 81% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Niall | James |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 72% | 55% |
| Sled push | 98% | 80% |
| Sled pull | 50% | 69% |
| Burpee broad jump | 54% | 89% |
| Row | 81% | 74% |
| Farmers carry | 63% | 45% |
| Sandbag lunges | 92% | 48% |
| Wall balls | 26% | 96% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 39% | 77% |
| Runs (8 km) | 69% | 81% |
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.Niall · Dublin 2025 · Open Men: 37:32 running, 35:18 at the stations and 5:03 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:08) and the shortest the sled push (1:48).Below, James · Dublin 2024 · Open Men: 37:31 running, 31:05 at the stations and 4:18 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (5:07).
See the numbers
| Part | Niall · Dublin 2025 · Open Men | James · Dublin 2024 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 2:30 | 2:57 |
| SkiErg | 4:20 | 4:16 |
| Run 2 | 4:35 | 4:50 |
| Sled push | 1:48 | 2:18 |
| Run 3 | 6:14 | 4:58 |
| Sled pull | 4:34 | 4:11 |
| Run 4 | 5:14 | 5:03 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:17 | 4:08 |
| Run 5 | 5:14 | 5:16 |
| Row | 4:31 | 4:37 |
| Run 6 | 5:07 | 5:34 |
| Farmers carry | 1:57 | 2:09 |
| Run 7 | 4:58 | 5:06 |
| Sandbag lunges | 3:43 | 5:07 |
| Run 8 | 3:41 | 3:46 |
| Wall balls | 9:08 | 4:19 |
| Roxzone | 5:03 | 4:18 |
| Finish | 1:17:47 | 1:12:45 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Niall | James | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dublin 2025 Open Men · 12 Nov 2025 | 1:17:47 | 1:17:50 | 0:03 · Niall faster |
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