Lucian vs James

ROU ROU · Open Men · 2 results

Lucian Neculache

1:31:03 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
2544th of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 3 results

James Wells

1:31:04 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
2545th of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers

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

Lucian: Birmingham Birm, Open Men · James: Birmingham Birm, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Lucian and James sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Lucian: strongest on Ski (faster than 46% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 9%).James: strongest on Pull (faster than 69% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 15%).

See the numbers
Part Lucian: faster than James: faster than
Ski 46% 27%
Push 16% 48%
Pull 26% 69%
BBJ 9% 43%
Row 44% 17%
Carry 33% 33%
Lunges 33% 57%
Wall balls 45% 42%
Roxzone 42% 15%
Runs 40% 26%

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

Part by part

Part Lucian James
SkiErg 46% 27%
Sled push 16% 48%
Sled pull 26% 69%
Burpee broad jump 9% 43%
Row 44% 17%
Farmers carry 33% 33%
Sandbag lunges 33% 57%
Wall balls 45% 42%
Roxzone (moving) 42% 15%
Runs (8 km) 40% 26%

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

Lucian · Birmingham Birm · Open Men1:31:03
5:264:354:494:105:125:225:078:315:244:535:052:244:595:485:117:266:49
James · Birmingham Birm · Open Men1:31:04
5:524:475:183:225:194:075:225:546:295:175:172:245:064:565:307:398:35
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.Lucian · Birmingham Birm · Open Men: 41:13 running, 43:09 at the stations and 6:49 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (8:31).Below, James · Birmingham Birm · Open Men: 44:13 running, 38:26 at the stations and 8:35 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:39).

See the numbers
Part Lucian · Birmingham Birm · Open Men James · Birmingham Birm · Open Men
Run 1 5:26 5:52
SkiErg 4:35 4:47
Run 2 4:49 5:18
Sled push 4:10 3:22
Run 3 5:12 5:19
Sled pull 5:22 4:07
Run 4 5:07 5:22
Burpee broad jump 8:31 5:54
Run 5 5:24 6:29
Row 4:53 5:17
Run 6 5:05 5:17
Farmers carry 2:24 2:24
Run 7 4:59 5:06
Sandbag lunges 5:48 4:56
Run 8 5:11 5:30
Wall balls 7:26 7:39
Roxzone 6:49 8:35
Finish 1:31:03 1:31:04

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Lucian James Gap
Birmingham Birm Open Men · 31 Oct 2026 1:31:03 1:31:04 0:01 · Lucian faster
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