James vs Paul
James Kettlewell
Paul Holdaway
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
James: London 2024, Open Men · Paul: London ExCeL 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 Roxzone (faster than 78% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 29%).Paul: strongest on Pull (faster than 86% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 25%).
See the numbers
| Part | James: faster than | Paul: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 45% | 54% |
| Push | 60% | 44% |
| Pull | 65% | 86% |
| BBJ | 57% | 86% |
| Row | 36% | 85% |
| Carry | 29% | 36% |
| Lunges | 73% | 55% |
| Wall balls | 64% | 25% |
| Roxzone | 78% | 57% |
| Runs | 70% | 50% |
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 | 45% | 54% |
| Sled push | 60% | 44% |
| Sled pull | 65% | 86% |
| Burpee broad jump | 57% | 86% |
| Row | 36% | 85% |
| Farmers carry | 29% | 36% |
| Sandbag lunges | 73% | 55% |
| Wall balls | 64% | 25% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 78% | 57% |
| Runs (8 km) | 70% | 50% |
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 2024 · Open Men: 36:50 running, 35:20 at the stations and 6:26 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:00).Below, Paul · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 33:30 running, 36:53 at the stations and 11:20 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:31).
See the numbers
| Part | James · London 2024 · Open Men | Paul · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:23 | 3:29 |
| SkiErg | 4:28 | 4:48 |
| Run 2 | 3:57 | 3:58 |
| Sled push | 2:54 | 2:54 |
| Run 3 | 4:17 | 3:55 |
| Sled pull | 4:37 | 3:52 |
| Run 4 | 4:26 | 4:00 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:37 | 4:00 |
| Run 5 | 4:30 | 4:03 |
| Row | 4:56 | 4:35 |
| Run 6 | 4:32 | 3:54 |
| Farmers carry | 2:26 | 2:14 |
| Run 7 | 4:35 | 4:18 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:22 | 4:59 |
| Run 8 | 5:11 | 5:53 |
| Wall balls | 6:00 | 9:31 |
| Roxzone | 6:26 | 11:20 |
| Finish | 1:18:27 | 1:21:35 |
Head to head: 2 races they both ran
| Race | James | Paul | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London ExCeL 2025 Open Men · 4 Dec 2025 | 1:21:36 | 1:21:35 | 0:01 · Paul faster |
| London 2024 Open Men · 1 Dec 2024 | 1:18:27 | 1:23:38 | 5:11 · James faster |
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