Thomas vs James

IRL IRL · Open Men · 2 results

Thomas Merrigan

1:30:44 best Open Men time · Málaga 2026
1566th of 2,072 place in that race · 2,072 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 4 results

James Veale

1:30:45 best Open Men time · Málaga 2026
1568th of 2,072 place in that race · 2,072 Open Men finishers

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

Thomas: Málaga 2026, Open Men · James: Málaga 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Thomas and James sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Thomas: strongest on Lunges (faster than 89% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 13%).James: strongest on Push (faster than 69% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 5%).

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Part Thomas: faster than James: faster than
Ski 24% 18%
Push 68% 69%
Pull 23% 22%
BBJ 38% 5%
Row 23% 24%
Carry 43% 12%
Lunges 89% 12%
Wall balls 49% 25%
Roxzone 15% 35%
Runs 13% 45%

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

Part by part

Part Thomas James
SkiErg 24% 18%
Sled push 68% 69%
Sled pull 23% 22%
Burpee broad jump 38% 5%
Row 23% 24%
Farmers carry 43% 12%
Sandbag lunges 89% 12%
Wall balls 49% 25%
Roxzone (moving) 15% 35%
Runs (8 km) 13% 45%

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

Thomas · Málaga 2026 · Open Men1:30:44
4:564:405:342:406:095:286:095:416:065:145:522:095:363:456:036:078:42
James · Málaga 2026 · Open Men1:30:45
3:304:444:272:395:115:325:149:135:105:135:072:505:187:035:107:317:01
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.Thomas · Málaga 2026 · Open Men: 46:25 running, 35:44 at the stations and 8:42 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:07).Below, James · Málaga 2026 · Open Men: 39:07 running, 44:45 at the stations and 7:01 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (9:13) and the shortest the sled push (2:39).

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Part Thomas · Málaga 2026 · Open Men James · Málaga 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:56 3:30
SkiErg 4:40 4:44
Run 2 5:34 4:27
Sled push 2:40 2:39
Run 3 6:09 5:11
Sled pull 5:28 5:32
Run 4 6:09 5:14
Burpee broad jump 5:41 9:13
Run 5 6:06 5:10
Row 5:14 5:13
Run 6 5:52 5:07
Farmers carry 2:09 2:50
Run 7 5:36 5:18
Sandbag lunges 3:45 7:03
Run 8 6:03 5:10
Wall balls 6:07 7:31
Roxzone 8:42 7:01
Finish 1:30:44 1:30:45

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Thomas James Gap
Málaga 2026 Open Men · 18 Apr 2026 1:30:44 1:30:45 0:01 · Thomas faster
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