James vs Aaron
USA · Open Men · 6 results James Vandergriff
USA · Pro Men · 6 results Aaron Pridgen
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
James: Anaheim 2025, Open Men · Aaron: Las Vegas 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where James and Aaron sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.James: strongest on Carry (faster than 97% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 32%).Aaron: strongest on Row (faster than 90% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 38%).
See the numbers
| Part | James: faster than | Aaron: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 32% | 74% |
| Push | 71% | 81% |
| Pull | 76% | 82% |
| BBJ | 77% | 63% |
| Row | 81% | 90% |
| Carry | 97% | 38% |
| Lunges | 77% | 62% |
| Wall balls | 96% | 57% |
| Roxzone | 79% | 59% |
| Runs | 82% | 88% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | James | Aaron |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 32% | 74% |
| Sled push | 71% | 81% |
| Sled pull | 76% | 82% |
| Burpee broad jump | 77% | 63% |
| Row | 81% | 90% |
| Farmers carry | 97% | 38% |
| Sandbag lunges | 77% | 62% |
| Wall balls | 96% | 57% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 79% | 59% |
| Runs (8 km) | 82% | 88% |
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.James · Anaheim 2025 · Open Men: 39:16 running, 33:43 at the stations and 5:54 in the roxzone; the longest station was the SkiErg (5:03).Below, Aaron · Las Vegas 2026 · Open Men: 36:40 running, 35:31 at the stations and 7:42 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:07).
See the numbers
| Part | James · Anaheim 2025 · Open Men | Aaron · Las Vegas 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:42 | 2:44 |
| SkiErg | 5:03 | 4:31 |
| Run 2 | 4:37 | 4:12 |
| Sled push | 2:58 | 2:50 |
| Run 3 | 4:48 | 4:35 |
| Sled pull | 4:45 | 4:06 |
| Run 4 | 4:46 | 4:41 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:54 | 5:04 |
| Run 5 | 4:57 | 4:59 |
| Row | 4:53 | 4:33 |
| Run 6 | 4:37 | 5:00 |
| Farmers carry | 1:39 | 2:15 |
| Run 7 | 4:50 | 5:04 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:42 | 5:04 |
| Run 8 | 5:59 | 5:25 |
| Wall balls | 4:49 | 7:07 |
| Roxzone | 5:54 | 7:42 |
| Finish | 1:18:43 | 1:19:44 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | James | Aaron | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Las Vegas 2026 Open Men · 20 Feb 2026 | 1:19:42 | 1:19:44 | 0:02 · James faster |
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