Thomas vs James

GBR GBR · Open Men · 5 results

Thomas Walker

1:20:57 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
1632nd of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 3 results

James Pickles

1:18:05 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2024
766th of 2,732 place in that race · 2,732 Open Men finishers

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

Thomas: Birmingham Birm, Open Men · James: Birmingham 2024, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Thomas and James sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Thomas: strongest on Ski (faster than 81% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 17%).James: strongest on Carry (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 30%).

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Part Thomas: faster than James: faster than
Ski 81% 53%
Push 44% 30%
Pull 28% 58%
BBJ 64% 91%
Row 79% 64%
Carry 43% 99%
Lunges 48% 64%
Wall balls 17% 82%
Roxzone 71% 51%
Runs 74% 64%

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

Part by part

Part Thomas James
SkiErg 81% 53%
Sled push 44% 30%
Sled pull 28% 58%
Burpee broad jump 64% 91%
Row 79% 64%
Farmers carry 43% 99%
Sandbag lunges 48% 64%
Wall balls 17% 82%
Roxzone (moving) 71% 51%
Runs (8 km) 74% 64%

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

Thomas · Birmingham Birm · Open Men1:20:57
4:414:193:583:264:195:194:254:584:344:314:292:144:215:124:4210:015:37
James · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men1:18:05
5:524:224:443:104:414:404:373:544:414:384:341:254:364:394:555:157:30
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.Thomas · Birmingham Birm · Open Men: 35:29 running, 40:01 at the stations and 5:37 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:01).Below, James · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men: 38:40 running, 32:04 at the stations and 7:30 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:15).

See the numbers
Part Thomas · Birmingham Birm · Open Men James · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men
Run 1 4:41 5:52
SkiErg 4:19 4:22
Run 2 3:58 4:44
Sled push 3:26 3:10
Run 3 4:19 4:41
Sled pull 5:19 4:40
Run 4 4:25 4:37
Burpee broad jump 4:58 3:54
Run 5 4:34 4:41
Row 4:31 4:38
Run 6 4:29 4:34
Farmers carry 2:14 1:25
Run 7 4:21 4:36
Sandbag lunges 5:12 4:39
Run 8 4:42 4:55
Wall balls 10:01 5:15
Roxzone 5:37 7:30
Finish 1:20:57 1:18:05

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Thomas James Gap
Birmingham Birm Open Men · 29 Oct 2026 1:20:57 1:20:57 level
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