Richard vs James
GBR · Open Men · 6 results Richard Branson
GBR · Open Men · 4 results James Furlong
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Richard: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men · James: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Richard and James sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Richard: strongest on Ski (faster than 82% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 25%).James: strongest on Carry (faster than 23% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 3%).
See the numbers
| Part | Richard: faster than | James: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 82% | 5% |
| Push | 42% | 7% |
| Pull | 63% | 4% |
| BBJ | 34% | 13% |
| Row | 79% | 4% |
| Carry | 68% | 23% |
| Lunges | 25% | 3% |
| Wall balls | 30% | 3% |
| Roxzone | 33% | 5% |
| Runs | 38% | 6% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Richard | James |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 82% | 5% |
| Sled push | 42% | 7% |
| Sled pull | 63% | 4% |
| Burpee broad jump | 34% | 13% |
| Row | 79% | 4% |
| Farmers carry | 68% | 23% |
| Sandbag lunges | 25% | 3% |
| Wall balls | 30% | 3% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 33% | 5% |
| Runs (8 km) | 38% | 6% |
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.Richard · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 35:04 running, 39:55 at the stations and 12:48 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:56).Below, James · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 44:01 running, 58:46 at the stations and 16:49 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (15:15).
See the numbers
| Part | Richard · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men | James · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 2:56 | 4:18 |
| SkiErg | 4:33 | 5:31 |
| Run 2 | 3:56 | 5:06 |
| Sled push | 2:55 | 3:57 |
| Run 3 | 4:03 | 5:11 |
| Sled pull | 4:28 | 7:47 |
| Run 4 | 4:08 | 5:24 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:18 | 8:03 |
| Run 5 | 4:25 | 5:29 |
| Row | 4:39 | 5:53 |
| Run 6 | 4:20 | 5:11 |
| Farmers carry | 1:52 | 2:28 |
| Run 7 | 4:53 | 5:25 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:14 | 9:52 |
| Run 8 | 6:24 | 7:57 |
| Wall balls | 8:56 | 15:15 |
| Roxzone | 12:48 | 16:49 |
| Finish | 1:27:41 | 1:59:28 |
Head to head: 3 races they both ran
| Race | Richard | James | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London Olympia (EMEA Championship) 2026 Open Men · 21 Mar 2026 | 2:03:39 | 1:59:50 | 3:49 · James faster |
| London ExCeL 2025 Open Men · 4 Dec 2025 | 1:27:41 | 1:59:28 | 31:47 · Richard faster |
| London 2025 Open Men · 3 May 2025 | 1:28:23 | 2:23:38 | 55:15 · Richard faster |
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