James vs Ben

AUS AUS · Open Men · 2 results

James Thompson

1:19:49 best Open Men time · Melbourne 2024
826th of 2,673 place in that race · 2,673 Open Men finishers
AUS AUS · Open Men · 1 result

Ben Rylander

1:32:41 best Open Men time · Brisbane (APAC Championship) 2026
417th of 557 place in that race · 557 Open Men finishers

Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more

James: Melbourne 2024, Open Men · Ben: Brisbane (APAC Championship) 2026, Open Men

50% top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
JamesBenedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where James and Ben sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.James: strongest on Carry (faster than 93% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 29%).Ben: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 58% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 5%).

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Part James: faster than Ben: faster than
Ski 68% 11%
Push 92% 34%
Pull 46% 11%
BBJ 61% 29%
Row 77% 23%
Carry 93% 12%
Lunges 29% 26%
Wall balls 64% 5%
Roxzone 86% 58%
Runs 64% 39%

Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.

Part by part

Part James Ben
SkiErg 68% 11%
Sled push 92% 34%
Sled pull 46% 11%
Burpee broad jump 61% 29%
Row 77% 23%
Farmers carry 93% 12%
Sandbag lunges 29% 26%
Wall balls 64% 5%
Roxzone (moving) 86% 58%
Runs (8 km) 64% 39%

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

James · Melbourne 2024 · Open Men1:19:49
4:204:144:381:424:544:574:485:034:594:345:031:375:116:145:475:366:19
Ben · Brisbane (APAC Championship) 2026 · Open Men1:32:41
4:294:465:003:215:036:165:116:195:124:575:062:385:035:525:0411:476:47
RunsStationsRoxzone (moving between stations)

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 2024 · Open Men: 39:39 running, 33:57 at the stations and 6:19 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (6:14).Below, Ben · Brisbane (APAC Championship) 2026 · Open Men: 40:08 running, 45:56 at the stations and 6:47 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (11:47).

See the numbers
Part James · Melbourne 2024 · Open Men Ben · Brisbane (APAC Championship) 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:20 4:29
SkiErg 4:14 4:46
Run 2 4:38 5:00
Sled push 1:42 3:21
Run 3 4:54 5:03
Sled pull 4:57 6:16
Run 4 4:48 5:11
Burpee broad jump 5:03 6:19
Run 5 4:59 5:12
Row 4:34 4:57
Run 6 5:03 5:06
Farmers carry 1:37 2:38
Run 7 5:11 5:03
Sandbag lunges 6:14 5:52
Run 8 5:47 5:04
Wall balls 5:36 11:47
Roxzone 6:19 6:47
Finish 1:19:49 1:32:41

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race James Ben Gap
Brisbane (APAC Championship) 2026 Open Men · 11 Apr 2026 1:32:37 1:32:41 0:04 · James faster
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