James vs Paul
GBR · Open Men · 2 results James Hayes
IRL · Open Men · 1 result Paul Smyth
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
James: London 2025, Open Men · Paul: Dublin 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where James and Paul 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 82% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 24%).Paul: strongest on Carry (faster than 55% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 4%).
See the numbers
| Part | James: faster than | Paul: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 46% | 4% |
| Push | 82% | 14% |
| Pull | 71% | 39% |
| BBJ | 35% | 40% |
| Row | 53% | 11% |
| Carry | 49% | 55% |
| Lunges | 40% | 14% |
| Wall balls | 51% | 20% |
| Roxzone | 51% | 20% |
| Runs | 24% | 8% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | James | Paul |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 46% | 4% |
| Sled push | 82% | 14% |
| Sled pull | 71% | 39% |
| Burpee broad jump | 35% | 40% |
| Row | 53% | 11% |
| Farmers carry | 49% | 55% |
| Sandbag lunges | 40% | 14% |
| Wall balls | 51% | 20% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 51% | 20% |
| Runs (8 km) | 24% | 8% |
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 · London 2025 · Open Men: 45:08 running, 36:07 at the stations and 5:20 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:08).Below, Paul · Dublin 2025 · Open Men: 51:00 running, 43:20 at the stations and 6:15 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:54).
See the numbers
| Part | James · London 2025 · Open Men | Paul · Dublin 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:38 | 4:00 |
| SkiErg | 4:24 | 5:09 |
| Run 2 | 5:07 | 6:39 |
| Sled push | 2:25 | 3:17 |
| Run 3 | 5:28 | 6:55 |
| Sled pull | 3:53 | 4:52 |
| Run 4 | 5:29 | 7:02 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:58 | 5:52 |
| Run 5 | 5:26 | 7:22 |
| Row | 4:39 | 5:23 |
| Run 6 | 5:27 | 7:02 |
| Farmers carry | 2:10 | 2:02 |
| Run 7 | 5:24 | 6:54 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:30 | 6:51 |
| Run 8 | 7:09 | 5:06 |
| Wall balls | 7:08 | 9:54 |
| Roxzone | 5:20 | 6:15 |
| Finish | 1:26:26 | 1:40:25 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | James | Paul | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dublin 2025 Open Men · 12 Nov 2025 | 1:40:37 | 1:40:25 | 0:12 · Paul faster |
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