James vs Bret
USA · Open Men · 1 result James Bieler
USA · Open Men · 2 results Bret Hightower
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
James: Atlanta 2025, Open Men · Bret: Atlanta 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where James and Bret sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.James: strongest on Push (faster than 95% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 56%).Bret: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 97% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 3%).
See the numbers
| Part | James: faster than | Bret: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 87% | 29% |
| Push | 95% | 73% |
| Pull | 92% | 93% |
| BBJ | 56% | 88% |
| Row | 83% | 51% |
| Carry | 76% | 3% |
| Lunges | 81% | 79% |
| Wall balls | 57% | 56% |
| Roxzone | 80% | 97% |
| Runs | 90% | 93% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | James | Bret |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 87% | 29% |
| Sled push | 95% | 73% |
| Sled pull | 92% | 93% |
| Burpee broad jump | 56% | 88% |
| Row | 83% | 51% |
| Farmers carry | 76% | 3% |
| Sandbag lunges | 81% | 79% |
| Wall balls | 57% | 56% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 80% | 97% |
| Runs (8 km) | 90% | 93% |
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 · Atlanta 2025 · Open Men: 35:00 running, 33:24 at the stations and 7:17 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:44).Below, Bret · Atlanta 2025 · Open Men: 34:11 running, 35:29 at the stations and 5:54 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:47) and the shortest the sled push (2:36).
See the numbers
| Part | James · Atlanta 2025 · Open Men | Bret · Atlanta 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:32 | 3:46 |
| SkiErg | 4:26 | 5:02 |
| Run 2 | 4:09 | 4:00 |
| Sled push | 2:08 | 2:36 |
| Run 3 | 4:26 | 4:15 |
| Sled pull | 3:57 | 3:56 |
| Run 4 | 4:33 | 4:22 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:22 | 4:00 |
| Run 5 | 4:36 | 4:30 |
| Row | 4:34 | 4:57 |
| Run 6 | 4:39 | 4:24 |
| Farmers carry | 1:51 | 3:47 |
| Run 7 | 4:34 | 4:16 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:22 | 4:25 |
| Run 8 | 4:31 | 4:38 |
| Wall balls | 6:44 | 6:47 |
| Roxzone | 7:17 | 5:54 |
| Finish | 1:15:33 | 1:15:26 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | James | Bret | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta 2025 Open Men · 31 Oct 2025 | 1:15:33 | 1:15:26 | 0:07 · Bret faster |
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