James vs Birrell
AUS · Open Men · 1 result James Foo
AUS · Open Men · 3 results James Birrell
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
James: Melbourne 2025, Open Men · Birrell: Melbourne 2024, Open Men
This chart shows where James and Birrell sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.James: strongest on Runs (faster than 29% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 4%).Birrell: strongest on Lunges (faster than 80% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 2%).
See the numbers
| Part | James: faster than | Birrell: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 10% | 53% |
| Push | 8% | 18% |
| Pull | 4% | 4% |
| BBJ | 7% | 16% |
| Row | 10% | 27% |
| Carry | 17% | 2% |
| Lunges | 11% | 80% |
| Wall balls | 8% | 5% |
| Roxzone | 18% | 37% |
| Runs | 29% | 27% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | James | Birrell |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 10% | 53% |
| Sled push | 8% | 18% |
| Sled pull | 4% | 4% |
| Burpee broad jump | 7% | 16% |
| Row | 10% | 27% |
| Farmers carry | 17% | 2% |
| Sandbag lunges | 11% | 80% |
| Wall balls | 8% | 5% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 18% | 37% |
| Runs (8 km) | 29% | 27% |
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 · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men: 42:49 running, 52:57 at the stations and 11:34 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (11:22).Below, Birrell · Melbourne 2024 · Open Men: 46:07 running, 46:04 at the stations and 9:01 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:26) and the shortest the sled push (2:50).
See the numbers
| Part | James · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men | Birrell · Melbourne 2024 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:00 | 4:44 |
| SkiErg | 4:57 | 4:20 |
| Run 2 | 5:00 | 5:11 |
| Sled push | 4:01 | 2:50 |
| Run 3 | 5:38 | 5:19 |
| Sled pull | 8:00 | 8:02 |
| Run 4 | 5:30 | 5:48 |
| Burpee broad jump | 8:44 | 7:30 |
| Run 5 | 5:50 | 5:55 |
| Row | 5:27 | 5:05 |
| Run 6 | 5:32 | 5:48 |
| Farmers carry | 2:42 | 3:26 |
| Run 7 | 5:20 | 5:35 |
| Sandbag lunges | 7:44 | 4:26 |
| Run 8 | 7:00 | 7:47 |
| Wall balls | 11:22 | 10:26 |
| Roxzone | 11:34 | 9:01 |
| Finish | 1:47:12 | 1:41:04 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | James | Birrell | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne 2025 Open Men · 11 Dec 2025 | 1:47:12 | 1:47:20 | 0:08 · James faster |
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