James vs Purcell
AUS · Open Men · 1 result James Hayes
AUS · Open Men · 2 results James Purcell
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
James: Brisbane 2026, Open Men · Purcell: Melbourne 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where James and Purcell 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 89% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 35%).Purcell: strongest on Pull (faster than 93% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 44%).
See the numbers
| Part | James: faster than | Purcell: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 78% | 44% |
| Push | 48% | 55% |
| Pull | 63% | 93% |
| BBJ | 35% | 69% |
| Row | 89% | 60% |
| Carry | 66% | 77% |
| Lunges | 43% | 73% |
| Wall balls | 86% | 76% |
| Roxzone | 80% | 80% |
| Runs | 62% | 82% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | James | Purcell |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 78% | 44% |
| Sled push | 48% | 55% |
| Sled pull | 63% | 93% |
| Burpee broad jump | 35% | 69% |
| Row | 89% | 60% |
| Farmers carry | 66% | 77% |
| Sandbag lunges | 43% | 73% |
| Wall balls | 86% | 76% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 80% | 80% |
| Runs (8 km) | 62% | 82% |
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 · Brisbane 2026 · Open Men: 38:05 running, 34:36 at the stations and 6:09 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (6:13).Below, Purcell · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men: 33:32 running, 31:35 at the stations and 7:42 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:21).
See the numbers
| Part | James · Brisbane 2026 · Open Men | Purcell · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:11 | 2:34 |
| SkiErg | 4:14 | 4:30 |
| Run 2 | 4:38 | 4:14 |
| Sled push | 3:08 | 2:35 |
| Run 3 | 4:52 | 4:18 |
| Sled pull | 4:26 | 3:32 |
| Run 4 | 4:57 | 4:23 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:13 | 4:37 |
| Run 5 | 4:54 | 4:34 |
| Row | 4:22 | 4:41 |
| Run 6 | 4:48 | 4:24 |
| Farmers carry | 1:55 | 1:48 |
| Run 7 | 4:45 | 4:11 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:16 | 4:31 |
| Run 8 | 5:00 | 4:54 |
| Wall balls | 5:02 | 5:21 |
| Roxzone | 6:09 | 7:42 |
| Finish | 1:18:44 | 1:12:41 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | James | Purcell | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brisbane 2026 Open Men · 9 Apr 2026 | 1:18:44 | 1:18:41 | 0:03 · Purcell faster |
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