Russell vs James

AUS AUS · Open Men · 2 results

Russell Kelleway

1:19:02 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
1462nd of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 9 results

James Layton

1:19:01 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
1461st of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers

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

Russell: Birmingham Birm, Open Men · James: Birmingham Birm, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Russell and James sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Russell: strongest on Row (faster than 77% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 50%).James: strongest on Row (faster than 83% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 21%).

See the numbers
Part Russell: faster than James: faster than
Ski 64% 48%
Push 73% 74%
Pull 61% 62%
BBJ 66% 55%
Row 77% 83%
Carry 61% 21%
Lunges 67% 55%
Wall balls 74% 48%
Roxzone 56% 66%
Runs 50% 66%

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

Part by part

Part Russell James
SkiErg 64% 48%
Sled push 73% 74%
Sled pull 61% 62%
Burpee broad jump 66% 55%
Row 77% 83%
Farmers carry 61% 21%
Sandbag lunges 67% 55%
Wall balls 74% 48%
Roxzone (moving) 56% 66%
Runs (8 km) 50% 66%

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

Russell · Birmingham Birm · Open Men1:19:02
5:324:274:482:594:434:204:454:534:494:334:542:004:514:364:585:486:12
James · Birmingham Birm · Open Men1:19:01
5:014:344:252:584:424:184:385:204:334:294:322:384:234:594:377:155:47
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.Russell · Birmingham Birm · Open Men: 39:20 running, 33:35 at the stations and 6:12 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:48).Below, James · Birmingham Birm · Open Men: 36:51 running, 36:31 at the stations and 5:47 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:15).

See the numbers
Part Russell · Birmingham Birm · Open Men James · Birmingham Birm · Open Men
Run 1 5:32 5:01
SkiErg 4:27 4:34
Run 2 4:48 4:25
Sled push 2:59 2:58
Run 3 4:43 4:42
Sled pull 4:20 4:18
Run 4 4:45 4:38
Burpee broad jump 4:53 5:20
Run 5 4:49 4:33
Row 4:33 4:29
Run 6 4:54 4:32
Farmers carry 2:00 2:38
Run 7 4:51 4:23
Sandbag lunges 4:36 4:59
Run 8 4:58 4:37
Wall balls 5:48 7:15
Roxzone 6:12 5:47
Finish 1:19:02 1:19:01

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Russell James Gap
Birmingham Birm Open Men · 28 Oct 2026 1:19:02 1:19:01 0:01 · James faster
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