James vs Romain
IRL · Open Men · 5 results James Byrne
FRA · Open Men · 9 results Romain Zara
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
James: Barcelona 2026, Open Men · Romain: Copenhagen 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where James and Romain 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 23% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 1%).Romain: strongest on Push (faster than 32% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 4%).
See the numbers
| Part | James: faster than | Romain: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 1% | 16% |
| Push | 23% | 32% |
| Pull | 8% | 4% |
| BBJ | 5% | 18% |
| Row | 2% | 4% |
| Carry | 2% | 5% |
| Lunges | 13% | 12% |
| Wall balls | 2% | 25% |
| Roxzone | 5% | 6% |
| Runs | 7% | 15% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | James | Romain |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 1% | 16% |
| Sled push | 23% | 32% |
| Sled pull | 8% | 4% |
| Burpee broad jump | 5% | 18% |
| Row | 2% | 4% |
| Farmers carry | 2% | 5% |
| Sandbag lunges | 13% | 12% |
| Wall balls | 2% | 25% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 5% | 6% |
| Runs (8 km) | 7% | 15% |
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 · Barcelona 2026 · Open Men: 50:26 running, 55:30 at the stations and 10:25 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (13:55).Below, Romain · Copenhagen 2026 · Open Men: 49:38 running, 46:52 at the stations and 10:44 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:18) and the shortest the sled push (3:18).
See the numbers
| Part | James · Barcelona 2026 · Open Men | Romain · Copenhagen 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 6:24 | 8:16 |
| SkiErg | 5:48 | 4:54 |
| Run 2 | 5:58 | 5:11 |
| Sled push | 4:02 | 3:18 |
| Run 3 | 6:14 | 5:20 |
| Sled pull | 6:31 | 6:58 |
| Run 4 | 6:13 | 5:38 |
| Burpee broad jump | 8:38 | 7:08 |
| Run 5 | 6:02 | 6:20 |
| Row | 5:58 | 5:42 |
| Run 6 | 6:07 | 5:42 |
| Farmers carry | 3:59 | 3:24 |
| Run 7 | 6:35 | 6:05 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:39 | 7:10 |
| Run 8 | 6:53 | 7:07 |
| Wall balls | 13:55 | 8:18 |
| Roxzone | 10:25 | 10:44 |
| Finish | 1:56:12 | 1:47:07 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | James | Romain | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barcelona 2026 Open Men · 16 May 2026 | 1:56:12 | 1:55:43 | 0:29 · Romain faster |
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