James vs Niall
GBR · Open Men · 3 results James Buick
IRL · Open Men · 1 result Niall Smyth
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
James: Dublin 2024, Open Men · Niall: Dublin 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where James and Niall sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.James: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 96% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 45%).Niall: strongest on Push (faster than 98% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 26%).
See the numbers
| Part | James: faster than | Niall: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 55% | 72% |
| Push | 80% | 98% |
| Pull | 69% | 50% |
| BBJ | 89% | 54% |
| Row | 74% | 81% |
| Carry | 45% | 63% |
| Lunges | 48% | 92% |
| Wall balls | 96% | 26% |
| Roxzone | 77% | 39% |
| Runs | 81% | 69% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | James | Niall |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 55% | 72% |
| Sled push | 80% | 98% |
| Sled pull | 69% | 50% |
| Burpee broad jump | 89% | 54% |
| Row | 74% | 81% |
| Farmers carry | 45% | 63% |
| Sandbag lunges | 48% | 92% |
| Wall balls | 96% | 26% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 77% | 39% |
| Runs (8 km) | 81% | 69% |
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 · Dublin 2024 · Open Men: 37:31 running, 31:05 at the stations and 4:18 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (5:07).Below, Niall · Dublin 2025 · Open Men: 37:32 running, 35:18 at the stations and 5:03 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:08) and the shortest the sled push (1:48).
See the numbers
| Part | James · Dublin 2024 · Open Men | Niall · Dublin 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 2:57 | 2:30 |
| SkiErg | 4:16 | 4:20 |
| Run 2 | 4:50 | 4:35 |
| Sled push | 2:18 | 1:48 |
| Run 3 | 4:58 | 6:14 |
| Sled pull | 4:11 | 4:34 |
| Run 4 | 5:03 | 5:14 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:08 | 5:17 |
| Run 5 | 5:16 | 5:14 |
| Row | 4:37 | 4:31 |
| Run 6 | 5:34 | 5:07 |
| Farmers carry | 2:09 | 1:57 |
| Run 7 | 5:06 | 4:58 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:07 | 3:43 |
| Run 8 | 3:46 | 3:41 |
| Wall balls | 4:19 | 9:08 |
| Roxzone | 4:18 | 5:03 |
| Finish | 1:12:45 | 1:17:47 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | James | Niall | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dublin 2025 Open Men · 12 Nov 2025 | 1:17:50 | 1:17:47 | 0:03 · Niall faster |
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