James vs Simon
GBR · Open Men · 1 result James Read
GBR · Open Men · 3 results Simon Aitken
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
James: Birmingham 2025, Open Men · Simon: Birmingham 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where James and Simon sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.James: strongest on Push (faster than 44% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 5%).Simon: strongest on Push (faster than 39% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 0%).
See the numbers
| Part | James: faster than | Simon: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 43% | 9% |
| Push | 44% | 39% |
| Pull | 17% | 0% |
| BBJ | 8% | 17% |
| Row | 20% | 11% |
| Carry | 6% | 9% |
| Lunges | 10% | 8% |
| Wall balls | 5% | 19% |
| Roxzone | 16% | 17% |
| Runs | 20% | 30% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | James | Simon |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 43% | 9% |
| Sled push | 44% | 39% |
| Sled pull | 17% | 0% |
| Burpee broad jump | 8% | 17% |
| Row | 20% | 11% |
| Farmers carry | 6% | 9% |
| Sandbag lunges | 10% | 8% |
| Wall balls | 5% | 19% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 16% | 17% |
| Runs (8 km) | 20% | 30% |
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 · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 46:17 running, 53:40 at the stations and 8:50 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (14:05) and the shortest the sled push (3:24).Below, Simon · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 43:48 running, 56:16 at the stations and 8:42 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sled pull (13:24).
See the numbers
| Part | James · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men | Simon · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 6:00 | 5:55 |
| SkiErg | 4:33 | 5:02 |
| Run 2 | 5:10 | 5:00 |
| Sled push | 3:24 | 3:34 |
| Run 3 | 5:33 | 5:14 |
| Sled pull | 6:24 | 13:24 |
| Run 4 | 5:44 | 5:17 |
| Burpee broad jump | 8:55 | 7:38 |
| Run 5 | 5:52 | 5:30 |
| Row | 5:11 | 5:26 |
| Run 6 | 5:43 | 5:21 |
| Farmers carry | 3:25 | 3:08 |
| Run 7 | 5:49 | 5:24 |
| Sandbag lunges | 7:43 | 8:02 |
| Run 8 | 6:25 | 6:07 |
| Wall balls | 14:05 | 10:03 |
| Roxzone | 8:50 | 8:42 |
| Finish | 1:48:39 | 1:48:40 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | James | Simon | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham 2025 Open Men · 22 Oct 2025 | 1:48:39 | 1:48:40 | 0:01 · James faster |
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