James vs Ryan
GBR · Open Men · 2 results James Foster
IRL · Open Men · 7 results Ryan McKay
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
James: Cardiff 2025, Open Men · Ryan: Cardiff 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where James and Ryan sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.James: strongest on Row (faster than 82% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 29%).Ryan: strongest on Carry (faster than 84% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 28%).
See the numbers
| Part | James: faster than | Ryan: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 76% | 39% |
| Push | 37% | 73% |
| Pull | 43% | 65% |
| BBJ | 68% | 76% |
| Row | 82% | 49% |
| Carry | 29% | 84% |
| Lunges | 81% | 59% |
| Wall balls | 67% | 28% |
| Roxzone | 73% | 83% |
| Runs | 59% | 57% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | James | Ryan |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 76% | 39% |
| Sled push | 37% | 73% |
| Sled pull | 43% | 65% |
| Burpee broad jump | 68% | 76% |
| Row | 82% | 49% |
| Farmers carry | 29% | 84% |
| Sandbag lunges | 81% | 59% |
| Wall balls | 67% | 28% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 73% | 83% |
| Runs (8 km) | 59% | 57% |
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 · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men: 38:52 running, 34:28 at the stations and 4:09 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:52).Below, Ryan · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 40:32 running, 36:18 at the stations and 3:01 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:22).
See the numbers
| Part | James · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men | Ryan · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:43 | 5:23 |
| SkiErg | 4:22 | 4:40 |
| Run 2 | 5:41 | 4:44 |
| Sled push | 3:11 | 2:44 |
| Run 3 | 5:46 | 4:49 |
| Sled pull | 4:53 | 4:01 |
| Run 4 | 4:26 | 4:48 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:16 | 4:45 |
| Run 5 | 4:26 | 4:52 |
| Row | 4:31 | 4:50 |
| Run 6 | 4:28 | 5:14 |
| Farmers carry | 2:26 | 2:11 |
| Run 7 | 4:18 | 4:53 |
| Sandbag lunges | 3:57 | 4:45 |
| Run 8 | 5:04 | 5:49 |
| Wall balls | 5:52 | 8:22 |
| Roxzone | 4:09 | 3:01 |
| Finish | 1:17:29 | 1:19:49 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | James | Ryan | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London ExCeL 2025 Open Men · 4 Dec 2025 | 1:20:22 | 1:20:23 | 0:01 · James faster |
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