Ross vs James
Ross McGrath
James Shabot
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Ross: Manchester 2026, Open Men · James: London 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Ross and James sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Ross: strongest on Push (faster than 95% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 66%).James: strongest on Row (faster than 92% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 61%).
See the numbers
| Part | Ross: faster than | James: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 77% | 75% |
| Push | 95% | 83% |
| Pull | 84% | 83% |
| BBJ | 75% | 77% |
| Row | 85% | 92% |
| Carry | 77% | 69% |
| Lunges | 78% | 61% |
| Wall balls | 66% | 83% |
| Roxzone | 81% | 88% |
| Runs | 76% | 76% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Ross | James |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 77% | 75% |
| Sled push | 95% | 83% |
| Sled pull | 84% | 83% |
| Burpee broad jump | 75% | 77% |
| Row | 85% | 92% |
| Farmers carry | 77% | 69% |
| Sandbag lunges | 78% | 61% |
| Wall balls | 66% | 83% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 81% | 88% |
| Runs (8 km) | 76% | 76% |
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.Ross · Manchester 2026 · Open Men: 37:04 running, 30:58 at the stations and 4:10 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:06).Below, James · London 2025 · Open Men: 36:16 running, 30:51 at the stations and 4:13 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:29).
See the numbers
| Part | Ross · Manchester 2026 · Open Men | James · London 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:21 | 4:17 |
| SkiErg | 4:12 | 4:12 |
| Run 2 | 4:35 | 4:04 |
| Sled push | 2:00 | 2:24 |
| Run 3 | 4:57 | 4:26 |
| Sled pull | 3:36 | 3:35 |
| Run 4 | 4:53 | 4:15 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:24 | 4:12 |
| Run 5 | 5:07 | 4:26 |
| Row | 4:24 | 4:17 |
| Run 6 | 4:56 | 4:29 |
| Farmers carry | 1:51 | 1:56 |
| Run 7 | 5:05 | 4:28 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:25 | 4:47 |
| Run 8 | 4:11 | 5:51 |
| Wall balls | 6:06 | 5:29 |
| Roxzone | 4:10 | 4:13 |
| Finish | 1:12:05 | 1:11:14 |
Head to head: 4 races they both ran
| Race | Ross | James | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham Birm Doubles Men · 1 Nov 2026 | 1:09:16 | 1:02:56 | 6:20 · James faster |
| Manchester 2026 Open Men · 21 Jan 2026 | 1:12:05 | 1:12:08 | 0:03 · Ross faster |
| London ExCeL 2025 Doubles Men · 4 Dec 2025 | 1:09:20 | 1:00:13 | 9:07 · James faster |
| Birmingham 2024 Doubles Men · 25 Oct 2024 | 1:09:41 | 1:05:17 | 4:24 · James faster |
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