Simon vs James

FRA FRA · Open Men · 1 result

Simon Pearson

1:56:04 best Open Men time · Barcelona 2026
2262nd of 2,350 place in that race · 2,350 Open Men finishers
IRL IRL · Open Men · 5 results

James Byrne

1:56:12 best Open Men time · Barcelona 2026
2263rd of 2,350 place in that race · 2,350 Open Men finishers

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

Simon: Barcelona 2026, Open Men · James: Barcelona 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Simon and James sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Simon: strongest on Ski (faster than 25% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 2%).James: strongest on Push (faster than 23% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 1%).

See the numbers
Part Simon: faster than James: faster than
Ski 25% 1%
Push 14% 23%
Pull 23% 8%
BBJ 2% 5%
Row 8% 2%
Carry 8% 2%
Lunges 2% 13%
Wall balls 3% 2%
Roxzone 12% 5%
Runs 5% 7%

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

Part by part

Part Simon James
SkiErg 25% 1%
Sled push 14% 23%
Sled pull 23% 8%
Burpee broad jump 2% 5%
Row 8% 2%
Farmers carry 8% 2%
Sandbag lunges 2% 13%
Wall balls 3% 2%
Roxzone (moving) 12% 5%
Runs (8 km) 5% 7%

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

Simon · Barcelona 2026 · Open Men1:56:04
6:034:576:134:206:255:326:2110:186:375:336:293:086:338:487:2012:418:53
James · Barcelona 2026 · Open Men1:56:12
6:245:485:584:026:146:316:138:386:025:586:073:596:356:396:5313:5510:25
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.Simon · Barcelona 2026 · Open Men: 52:01 running, 55:16 at the stations and 8:53 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (12:41).Below, James · Barcelona 2026 · Open Men: 50:26 running, 55:30 at the stations and 10:25 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (13:55).

See the numbers
Part Simon · Barcelona 2026 · Open Men James · Barcelona 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 6:03 6:24
SkiErg 4:57 5:48
Run 2 6:13 5:58
Sled push 4:20 4:02
Run 3 6:25 6:14
Sled pull 5:32 6:31
Run 4 6:21 6:13
Burpee broad jump 10:18 8:38
Run 5 6:37 6:02
Row 5:33 5:58
Run 6 6:29 6:07
Farmers carry 3:08 3:59
Run 7 6:33 6:35
Sandbag lunges 8:48 6:39
Run 8 7:20 6:53
Wall balls 12:41 13:55
Roxzone 8:53 10:25
Finish 1:56:04 1:56:12

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Simon James Gap
Barcelona 2026 Open Men · 16 May 2026 1:56:04 1:56:12 0:08 · Simon faster
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