Ben vs James

GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Ben Drayton

1:26:51 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
2175th of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

James Swift

1:26:52 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
2176th of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers

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

Ben: Birmingham Birm, Open Men · James: Birmingham Birm, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Ben and James sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Ben: strongest on Ski (faster than 73% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 19%).James: strongest on Row (faster than 60% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 23%).

See the numbers
Part Ben: faster than James: faster than
Ski 73% 53%
Push 34% 23%
Pull 65% 58%
BBJ 32% 31%
Row 64% 60%
Carry 39% 41%
Lunges 19% 33%
Wall balls 29% 48%
Roxzone 66% 53%
Runs 45% 39%

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

Part by part

Part Ben James
SkiErg 73% 53%
Sled push 34% 23%
Sled pull 65% 58%
Burpee broad jump 32% 31%
Row 64% 60%
Farmers carry 39% 41%
Sandbag lunges 19% 33%
Wall balls 29% 48%
Roxzone (moving) 66% 53%
Runs (8 km) 45% 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

Ben · Birmingham Birm · Open Men1:26:51
5:594:234:373:384:564:144:506:264:514:414:432:174:476:385:418:315:48
James · Birmingham Birm · Open Men1:26:52
5:374:324:493:544:574:245:066:294:594:435:042:155:065:475:467:136:18
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.Ben · Birmingham Birm · Open Men: 40:23 running, 40:47 at the stations and 5:48 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:31).Below, James · Birmingham Birm · Open Men: 41:25 running, 39:17 at the stations and 6:18 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:13).

See the numbers
Part Ben · Birmingham Birm · Open Men James · Birmingham Birm · Open Men
Run 1 5:59 5:37
SkiErg 4:23 4:32
Run 2 4:37 4:49
Sled push 3:38 3:54
Run 3 4:56 4:57
Sled pull 4:14 4:24
Run 4 4:50 5:06
Burpee broad jump 6:26 6:29
Run 5 4:51 4:59
Row 4:41 4:43
Run 6 4:43 5:04
Farmers carry 2:17 2:15
Run 7 4:47 5:06
Sandbag lunges 6:38 5:47
Run 8 5:41 5:46
Wall balls 8:31 7:13
Roxzone 5:48 6:18
Finish 1:26:51 1:26:52

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Ben James Gap
Birmingham Birm Open Men · 31 Oct 2026 1:26:51 1:26:52 0:01 · Ben faster
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