James vs Aaron
GBR · Open Men · 1 result James McKenna
AUS · Open Men · 3 results Aaron Marcelino
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
James: Sydney 2025, Open Men · Aaron: Sydney 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where James and Aaron 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 30% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 3%).Aaron: strongest on Carry (faster than 60% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 16%).
See the numbers
| Part | James: faster than | Aaron: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 12% | 38% |
| Push | 13% | 32% |
| Pull | 15% | 50% |
| BBJ | 19% | 40% |
| Row | 12% | 44% |
| Carry | 14% | 60% |
| Lunges | 15% | 16% |
| Wall balls | 3% | 45% |
| Roxzone | 22% | 22% |
| Runs | 30% | 29% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | James | Aaron |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 12% | 38% |
| Sled push | 13% | 32% |
| Sled pull | 15% | 50% |
| Burpee broad jump | 19% | 40% |
| Row | 12% | 44% |
| Farmers carry | 14% | 60% |
| Sandbag lunges | 15% | 16% |
| Wall balls | 3% | 45% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 22% | 22% |
| Runs (8 km) | 30% | 29% |
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 · Sydney 2025 · Open Men: 41:29 running, 48:21 at the stations and 9:59 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (12:48).Below, Aaron · Sydney 2026 · Open Men: 43:49 running, 39:54 at the stations and 10:23 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (7:46).
See the numbers
| Part | James · Sydney 2025 · Open Men | Aaron · Sydney 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:05 | 4:21 |
| SkiErg | 4:43 | 4:32 |
| Run 2 | 4:15 | 4:59 |
| Sled push | 2:59 | 2:53 |
| Run 3 | 4:36 | 5:15 |
| Sled pull | 5:50 | 4:27 |
| Run 4 | 4:53 | 5:17 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:55 | 6:11 |
| Run 5 | 5:11 | 5:19 |
| Row | 5:09 | 4:49 |
| Run 6 | 5:13 | 5:19 |
| Farmers carry | 2:50 | 1:58 |
| Run 7 | 5:18 | 5:28 |
| Sandbag lunges | 7:07 | 7:46 |
| Run 8 | 7:58 | 7:51 |
| Wall balls | 12:48 | 7:18 |
| Roxzone | 9:59 | 10:23 |
| Finish | 1:39:43 | 1:33:58 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | James | Aaron | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney 2025 Open Men · 4 Jul 2025 | 1:39:43 | 1:39:48 | 0:05 · James faster |
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