James vs Yimu
James King
Yimu Yang
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
James: Berlin 2025, Open Men · Yimu: Paris Grand Palais 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where James and Yimu sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.James: strongest on Row (faster than 37% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 3%).Yimu: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 82% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 21%).
See the numbers
| Part | James: faster than | Yimu: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 4% | 35% |
| Push | 30% | 43% |
| Pull | 36% | 48% |
| BBJ | 15% | 57% |
| Row | 37% | 44% |
| Carry | 3% | 21% |
| Lunges | 13% | 51% |
| Wall balls | 15% | 82% |
| Roxzone | 27% | 38% |
| Runs | 25% | 22% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | James | Yimu |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 4% | 35% |
| Sled push | 30% | 43% |
| Sled pull | 36% | 48% |
| Burpee broad jump | 15% | 57% |
| Row | 37% | 44% |
| Farmers carry | 3% | 21% |
| Sandbag lunges | 13% | 51% |
| Wall balls | 15% | 82% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 27% | 38% |
| Runs (8 km) | 25% | 22% |
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 · Berlin 2025 · Open Men: 40:04 running, 43:31 at the stations and 9:32 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:31) and the shortest the sled push (3:06).Below, Yimu · Paris Grand Palais 2026 · Open Men: 43:46 running, 35:04 at the stations and 8:10 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (5:18).
See the numbers
| Part | James · Berlin 2025 · Open Men | Yimu · Paris Grand Palais 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:26 | 5:26 |
| SkiErg | 5:00 | 4:42 |
| Run 2 | 4:31 | 5:02 |
| Sled push | 3:06 | 3:03 |
| Run 3 | 4:44 | 5:21 |
| Sled pull | 4:37 | 4:12 |
| Run 4 | 4:45 | 5:23 |
| Burpee broad jump | 7:12 | 5:18 |
| Run 5 | 4:55 | 5:43 |
| Row | 4:47 | 4:48 |
| Run 6 | 4:51 | 5:47 |
| Farmers carry | 3:27 | 2:45 |
| Run 7 | 4:59 | 5:47 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:51 | 5:06 |
| Run 8 | 6:53 | 5:18 |
| Wall balls | 8:31 | 5:10 |
| Roxzone | 9:32 | 8:10 |
| Finish | 1:32:58 | 1:26:52 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | James | Yimu | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geneva 2026 Open Men · 9 Oct 2026 | 1:46:43 | 1:46:49 | 0:06 · James faster |
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