Neil vs James

GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Neil Johnstone

1:48:16 best Open Men time · London ExCeL 2025
5058th of 5,554 place in that race · 5,554 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 5 results

James Faldo

1:38:06 best Open Men time · Málaga 2026
1787th of 2,072 place in that race · 2,072 Open Men finishers

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

Neil: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men · James: Málaga 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Neil and James sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Neil: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 29% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 4%).James: strongest on Push (faster than 46% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 7%).

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Part Neil: faster than James: faster than
Ski 11% 30%
Push 25% 46%
Pull 27% 43%
BBJ 10% 10%
Row 15% 7%
Carry 7% 11%
Lunges 4% 28%
Wall balls 29% 35%
Roxzone 9% 15%
Runs 8% 10%

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

Part by part

Part Neil James
SkiErg 11% 30%
Sled push 25% 46%
Sled pull 27% 43%
Burpee broad jump 10% 10%
Row 15% 7%
Farmers carry 7% 11%
Sandbag lunges 4% 28%
Wall balls 29% 35%
Roxzone (moving) 9% 15%
Runs (8 km) 8% 10%

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

Neil · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men1:48:16
4:085:194:453:134:525:305:048:255:085:265:043:015:179:408:519:0215:39
James · Málaga 2026 · Open Men1:38:06
5:144:365:272:585:364:485:547:566:255:426:122:516:255:526:476:488:42
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.Neil · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 43:09 running, 49:37 at the stations and 15:39 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (9:40).Below, James · Málaga 2026 · Open Men: 48:00 running, 41:31 at the stations and 8:42 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (7:56).

See the numbers
Part Neil · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men James · Málaga 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:08 5:14
SkiErg 5:19 4:36
Run 2 4:45 5:27
Sled push 3:13 2:58
Run 3 4:52 5:36
Sled pull 5:30 4:48
Run 4 5:04 5:54
Burpee broad jump 8:25 7:56
Run 5 5:08 6:25
Row 5:26 5:42
Run 6 5:04 6:12
Farmers carry 3:01 2:51
Run 7 5:17 6:25
Sandbag lunges 9:40 5:52
Run 8 8:51 6:47
Wall balls 9:02 6:48
Roxzone 15:39 8:42
Finish 1:48:16 1:38:06

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Neil James Gap
London ExCeL 2025 Open Men · 4 Dec 2025 1:48:16 1:48:15 0:01 · James faster
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