James vs Ben

AUS AUS · Open Men · 1 result

James Hickson

1:18:42 best Open Men time · Sydney 2025
838th of 2,104 place in that race · 2,104 Open Men finishers
AUS AUS · Open Men · 1 result

Ben Howard

1:18:42 best Open Men time · Sydney 2025
840th of 2,104 place in that race · 2,104 Open Men finishers

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

James: Sydney 2025, Open Men · Ben: Sydney 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where James and Ben sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.James: strongest on Ski (faster than 98% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 33%).Ben: strongest on Runs (faster than 72% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 8%).

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Part James: faster than Ben: faster than
Ski 98% 57%
Push 85% 51%
Pull 74% 56%
BBJ 57% 40%
Row 78% 35%
Carry 86% 8%
Lunges 96% 42%
Wall balls 55% 55%
Roxzone 81% 62%
Runs 33% 72%

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

Part by part

Part James Ben
SkiErg 98% 57%
Sled push 85% 51%
Sled pull 74% 56%
Burpee broad jump 57% 40%
Row 78% 35%
Farmers carry 86% 8%
Sandbag lunges 96% 42%
Wall balls 55% 55%
Roxzone (moving) 81% 62%
Runs (8 km) 33% 72%

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

James · Sydney 2025 · Open Men1:18:42
3:093:534:591:544:074:004:045:084:104:264:001:474:023:3512:276:027:06
Ben · Sydney 2025 · Open Men1:18:42
3:264:173:432:194:024:264:065:454:354:484:193:044:065:346:236:047:53
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.James · Sydney 2025 · Open Men: 40:58 running, 30:44 at the stations and 7:06 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:02).Below, Ben · Sydney 2025 · Open Men: 34:40 running, 36:17 at the stations and 7:53 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:04) and the shortest the sled push (2:19).

See the numbers
Part James · Sydney 2025 · Open Men Ben · Sydney 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 3:09 3:26
SkiErg 3:53 4:17
Run 2 4:59 3:43
Sled push 1:54 2:19
Run 3 4:07 4:02
Sled pull 4:00 4:26
Run 4 4:04 4:06
Burpee broad jump 5:08 5:45
Run 5 4:10 4:35
Row 4:26 4:48
Run 6 4:00 4:19
Farmers carry 1:47 3:04
Run 7 4:02 4:06
Sandbag lunges 3:35 5:34
Run 8 12:27 6:23
Wall balls 6:02 6:04
Roxzone 7:06 7:53
Finish 1:18:42 1:18:42

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race James Ben Gap
Sydney 2025 Open Men · 4 Jul 2025 1:18:42 1:18:42 level
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