James vs Chris
GBR · Open Men · 4 results James Armstrong
GBR · Open Men · 7 results Chris McGroarty
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
James: Glasgow 2025, Open Men · Chris: Berlin 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where James and Chris sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.James: strongest on Ski (faster than 96% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 50%).Chris: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 90% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 0%).
See the numbers
| Part | James: faster than | Chris: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 96% | 36% |
| Push | 50% | 42% |
| Pull | 88% | 65% |
| BBJ | 70% | 76% |
| Row | 91% | 0% |
| Carry | 92% | 39% |
| Lunges | 76% | 60% |
| Wall balls | 60% | 51% |
| Roxzone | 80% | 90% |
| Runs | 65% | 87% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | James | Chris |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 96% | 36% |
| Sled push | 50% | 42% |
| Sled pull | 88% | 65% |
| Burpee broad jump | 70% | 76% |
| Row | 91% | 0% |
| Farmers carry | 92% | 39% |
| Sandbag lunges | 76% | 60% |
| Wall balls | 60% | 51% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 80% | 90% |
| Runs (8 km) | 65% | 87% |
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 · Glasgow 2025 · Open Men: 38:48 running, 31:13 at the stations and 4:04 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:06).Below, Chris · Berlin 2026 · Open Men: 28:51 running, 38:49 at the stations and 10:57 in the roxzone; the longest station was the row (7:44).
See the numbers
| Part | James · Glasgow 2025 · Open Men | Chris · Berlin 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:13 | 3:23 |
| SkiErg | 3:58 | 4:39 |
| Run 2 | 4:42 | 3:23 |
| Sled push | 2:52 | 3:29 |
| Run 3 | 5:15 | 3:22 |
| Sled pull | 3:30 | 3:59 |
| Run 4 | 5:03 | 3:22 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:34 | 4:36 |
| Run 5 | 5:27 | 3:25 |
| Row | 4:21 | 7:44 |
| Run 6 | 5:27 | 3:30 |
| Farmers carry | 1:35 | 2:27 |
| Run 7 | 5:17 | 3:26 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:17 | 5:00 |
| Run 8 | 4:24 | 5:00 |
| Wall balls | 6:06 | 6:56 |
| Roxzone | 4:04 | 10:57 |
| Finish | 1:14:00 | 1:18:35 |
Head to head: 2 races they both ran
| Race | James | Chris | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glasgow 2026 Open Men · 11 Mar 2026 | 1:20:29 | 1:20:28 | 0:01 · Chris faster |
| Glasgow 2025 Open Men · 12 Mar 2025 | 1:14:00 | 1:21:54 | 7:54 · James faster |
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