Ross vs James

GBR GBR · Open Men · 7 results

Ross Paterson

1:36:45 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2025
2964th of 3,945 place in that race · 3,945 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

James Harwood

1:36:46 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2025
2965th of 3,945 place in that race · 3,945 Open Men finishers

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

Ross: Birmingham 2025, Open Men · James: Birmingham 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Ross and James sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Ross: strongest on Push (faster than 46% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 8%).James: strongest on Carry (faster than 84% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 15%).

See the numbers
Part Ross: faster than James: faster than
Ski 30% 17%
Push 46% 19%
Pull 12% 24%
BBJ 8% 58%
Row 17% 52%
Carry 44% 84%
Lunges 18% 35%
Wall balls 25% 28%
Roxzone 17% 35%
Runs 43% 15%

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

Part by part

Part Ross James
SkiErg 30% 17%
Sled push 46% 19%
Sled pull 12% 24%
Burpee broad jump 8% 58%
Row 17% 52%
Farmers carry 44% 84%
Sandbag lunges 18% 35%
Wall balls 25% 28%
Roxzone (moving) 17% 35%
Runs (8 km) 43% 15%

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

Ross · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men1:36:45
5:354:404:423:214:576:475:018:595:115:165:072:145:046:465:229:138:37
James · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men1:36:46
5:334:504:434:169:386:015:295:195:524:485:291:445:195:465:548:547:21
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.Ross · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 40:59 running, 47:16 at the stations and 8:37 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:13).Below, James · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 47:57 running, 41:38 at the stations and 7:21 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:54).

See the numbers
Part Ross · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men James · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 5:35 5:33
SkiErg 4:40 4:50
Run 2 4:42 4:43
Sled push 3:21 4:16
Run 3 4:57 9:38
Sled pull 6:47 6:01
Run 4 5:01 5:29
Burpee broad jump 8:59 5:19
Run 5 5:11 5:52
Row 5:16 4:48
Run 6 5:07 5:29
Farmers carry 2:14 1:44
Run 7 5:04 5:19
Sandbag lunges 6:46 5:46
Run 8 5:22 5:54
Wall balls 9:13 8:54
Roxzone 8:37 7:21
Finish 1:36:45 1:36:46

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Ross James Gap
Birmingham 2025 Open Men · 22 Oct 2025 1:36:45 1:36:46 0:01 · Ross faster
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