Paul vs James
IRL · Open Men · 1 result Paul Smyth
GBR · Open Men · 2 results James Hayes
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Paul: Dublin 2025, Open Men · James: London 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Paul and James sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Paul: strongest on Carry (faster than 55% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 4%).James: strongest on Push (faster than 82% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 24%).
See the numbers
| Part | Paul: faster than | James: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 4% | 46% |
| Push | 14% | 82% |
| Pull | 39% | 71% |
| BBJ | 40% | 35% |
| Row | 11% | 53% |
| Carry | 55% | 49% |
| Lunges | 14% | 40% |
| Wall balls | 20% | 51% |
| Roxzone | 20% | 51% |
| Runs | 8% | 24% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Paul | James |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 4% | 46% |
| Sled push | 14% | 82% |
| Sled pull | 39% | 71% |
| Burpee broad jump | 40% | 35% |
| Row | 11% | 53% |
| Farmers carry | 55% | 49% |
| Sandbag lunges | 14% | 40% |
| Wall balls | 20% | 51% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 20% | 51% |
| Runs (8 km) | 8% | 24% |
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.Paul · Dublin 2025 · Open Men: 51:00 running, 43:20 at the stations and 6:15 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:54).Below, James · London 2025 · Open Men: 45:08 running, 36:07 at the stations and 5:20 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:08).
See the numbers
| Part | Paul · Dublin 2025 · Open Men | James · London 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:00 | 5:38 |
| SkiErg | 5:09 | 4:24 |
| Run 2 | 6:39 | 5:07 |
| Sled push | 3:17 | 2:25 |
| Run 3 | 6:55 | 5:28 |
| Sled pull | 4:52 | 3:53 |
| Run 4 | 7:02 | 5:29 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:52 | 5:58 |
| Run 5 | 7:22 | 5:26 |
| Row | 5:23 | 4:39 |
| Run 6 | 7:02 | 5:27 |
| Farmers carry | 2:02 | 2:10 |
| Run 7 | 6:54 | 5:24 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:51 | 5:30 |
| Run 8 | 5:06 | 7:09 |
| Wall balls | 9:54 | 7:08 |
| Roxzone | 6:15 | 5:20 |
| Finish | 1:40:25 | 1:26:26 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Paul | James | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dublin 2025 Open Men · 12 Nov 2025 | 1:40:25 | 1:40:37 | 0:12 · Paul faster |
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