James vs Alex
GBR · Open Men · 1 result James Welsh
GBR · Open Men · 3 results Alex Bywater
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
James: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men · Alex: Cardiff 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where James and Alex 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 88% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 2%).Alex: strongest on Push (faster than 51% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 5%).
See the numbers
| Part | James: faster than | Alex: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 10% | 11% |
| Push | 14% | 51% |
| Pull | 30% | 14% |
| BBJ | 13% | 10% |
| Row | 25% | 5% |
| Carry | 88% | 9% |
| Lunges | 22% | 11% |
| Wall balls | 6% | 13% |
| Roxzone | 7% | 20% |
| Runs | 2% | 6% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | James | Alex |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 10% | 11% |
| Sled push | 14% | 51% |
| Sled pull | 30% | 14% |
| Burpee broad jump | 13% | 10% |
| Row | 25% | 5% |
| Farmers carry | 88% | 9% |
| Sandbag lunges | 22% | 11% |
| Wall balls | 6% | 13% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 7% | 20% |
| Runs (8 km) | 2% | 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.James · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 49:17 running, 48:53 at the stations and 16:22 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (13:20).Below, Alex · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 57:33 running, 50:13 at the stations and 5:25 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:26) and the shortest the sled push (3:04).
See the numbers
| Part | James · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men | Alex · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:38 | 6:34 |
| SkiErg | 5:20 | 5:02 |
| Run 2 | 5:18 | 6:03 |
| Sled push | 3:32 | 3:04 |
| Run 3 | 5:37 | 6:33 |
| Sled pull | 5:24 | 5:44 |
| Run 4 | 5:45 | 6:29 |
| Burpee broad jump | 8:00 | 8:50 |
| Run 5 | 6:00 | 6:51 |
| Row | 5:14 | 5:48 |
| Run 6 | 5:44 | 7:13 |
| Farmers carry | 1:37 | 3:58 |
| Run 7 | 6:17 | 8:54 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:27 | 7:21 |
| Run 8 | 9:59 | 8:56 |
| Wall balls | 13:20 | 10:26 |
| Roxzone | 16:22 | 5:25 |
| Finish | 1:54:25 | 1:53:08 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | James | Alex | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London ExCeL 2025 Open Men · 4 Dec 2025 | 1:54:25 | 1:54:03 | 0:22 · Alex faster |
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