Phillip vs James

GBR GBR · Open Men · 5 results

Phillip Smith

1:20:39 best Open Men time · Gdańsk 2026
447th of 1,349 place in that race · 1,349 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 6 results

James Cross

1:26:09 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
2104th of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers

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

Phillip: Gdańsk 2026, Open Men · James: Birmingham Birm, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Phillip and James sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Phillip: strongest on Row (faster than 88% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 20%).James: strongest on Lunges (faster than 69% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 14%).

See the numbers
Part Phillip: faster than James: faster than
Ski 21% 48%
Push 43% 27%
Pull 25% 29%
BBJ 43% 42%
Row 88% 33%
Carry 20% 14%
Lunges 44% 69%
Wall balls 50% 38%
Roxzone 81% 30%
Runs 83% 52%

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

Part by part

Part Phillip James
SkiErg 21% 48%
Sled push 43% 27%
Sled pull 25% 29%
Burpee broad jump 43% 42%
Row 88% 33%
Farmers carry 20% 14%
Sandbag lunges 44% 69%
Wall balls 50% 38%
Roxzone (moving) 81% 30%
Runs (8 km) 83% 52%

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

Phillip · Gdańsk 2026 · Open Men1:20:39
3:474:534:233:304:395:264:256:004:274:274:192:334:205:255:137:135:46
James · Birmingham Birm · Open Men1:26:09
4:454:344:293:474:405:174:505:575:015:015:042:514:514:325:197:537:26
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.Phillip · Gdańsk 2026 · Open Men: 35:33 running, 39:27 at the stations and 5:46 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:13).Below, James · Birmingham Birm · Open Men: 38:59 running, 39:52 at the stations and 7:26 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:53).

See the numbers
Part Phillip · Gdańsk 2026 · Open Men James · Birmingham Birm · Open Men
Run 1 3:47 4:45
SkiErg 4:53 4:34
Run 2 4:23 4:29
Sled push 3:30 3:47
Run 3 4:39 4:40
Sled pull 5:26 5:17
Run 4 4:25 4:50
Burpee broad jump 6:00 5:57
Run 5 4:27 5:01
Row 4:27 5:01
Run 6 4:19 5:04
Farmers carry 2:33 2:51
Run 7 4:20 4:51
Sandbag lunges 5:25 4:32
Run 8 5:13 5:19
Wall balls 7:13 7:53
Roxzone 5:46 7:26
Finish 1:20:39 1:26:09

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Phillip James Gap
Birmingham Birm Open Men · 31 Oct 2026 1:27:11 1:27:14 0:03 · Phillip faster
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