James vs Simon
IRL · Open Men · 1 result James Crean
GER · Open Men · 5 results Simon Balster
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
James: Frankfurt 2024, Open Men · Simon: Berlin 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where James and Simon 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 98% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 12%).Simon: strongest on Runs (faster than 76% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 37%).
See the numbers
| Part | James: faster than | Simon: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 98% | 63% |
| Push | 66% | 75% |
| Pull | 75% | 67% |
| BBJ | 48% | 70% |
| Row | 56% | 72% |
| Carry | 12% | 60% |
| Lunges | 50% | 57% |
| Wall balls | 62% | 37% |
| Roxzone | 20% | 59% |
| Runs | 65% | 76% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | James | Simon |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 98% | 63% |
| Sled push | 66% | 75% |
| Sled pull | 75% | 67% |
| Burpee broad jump | 48% | 70% |
| Row | 56% | 72% |
| Farmers carry | 12% | 60% |
| Sandbag lunges | 50% | 57% |
| Wall balls | 62% | 37% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 20% | 59% |
| Runs (8 km) | 65% | 76% |
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 · Frankfurt 2024 · Open Men: 38:42 running, 34:23 at the stations and 8:48 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:55) and the shortest the sled push (2:33).Below, Simon · Berlin 2025 · Open Men: 32:36 running, 33:13 at the stations and 8:04 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:43).
See the numbers
| Part | James · Frankfurt 2024 · Open Men | Simon · Berlin 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:31 | 3:24 |
| SkiErg | 4:07 | 4:18 |
| Run 2 | 4:20 | 3:54 |
| Sled push | 2:33 | 2:30 |
| Run 3 | 4:55 | 4:00 |
| Sled pull | 4:12 | 3:55 |
| Run 4 | 5:09 | 4:03 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:28 | 4:35 |
| Run 5 | 4:58 | 4:03 |
| Row | 4:39 | 4:29 |
| Run 6 | 5:09 | 4:00 |
| Farmers carry | 2:34 | 1:55 |
| Run 7 | 4:53 | 4:02 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:54 | 4:48 |
| Run 8 | 5:47 | 5:10 |
| Wall balls | 5:55 | 6:43 |
| Roxzone | 8:48 | 8:04 |
| Finish | 1:21:45 | 1:13:44 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | James | Simon | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frankfurt 2024 Open Men · 14 Dec 2024 | 1:21:45 | 1:21:46 | 0:01 · James faster |
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