James vs Jacob
GBR · Open Men · 1 result James Howes
GBR · Open Men · 3 results Jacob Rix
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
James: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men · Jacob: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where James and Jacob 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 65% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 16%).Jacob: strongest on Push (faster than 89% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 12%).
See the numbers
| Part | James: faster than | Jacob: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 39% | 52% |
| Push | 21% | 89% |
| Pull | 25% | 39% |
| BBJ | 22% | 12% |
| Row | 36% | 33% |
| Carry | 65% | 28% |
| Lunges | 22% | 33% |
| Wall balls | 26% | 22% |
| Roxzone | 19% | 12% |
| Runs | 16% | 20% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | James | Jacob |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 39% | 52% |
| Sled push | 21% | 89% |
| Sled pull | 25% | 39% |
| Burpee broad jump | 22% | 12% |
| Row | 36% | 33% |
| Farmers carry | 65% | 28% |
| Sandbag lunges | 22% | 33% |
| Wall balls | 26% | 22% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 19% | 12% |
| Runs (8 km) | 16% | 20% |
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: 39:34 running, 43:40 at the stations and 14:01 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:20).Below, Jacob · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 38:30 running, 43:40 at the stations and 15:08 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:54) and the shortest the sled push (2:16).
See the numbers
| Part | James · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men | Jacob · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:09 | 3:47 |
| SkiErg | 4:56 | 4:49 |
| Run 2 | 4:29 | 4:11 |
| Sled push | 3:19 | 2:16 |
| Run 3 | 4:40 | 4:20 |
| Sled pull | 5:36 | 5:07 |
| Run 4 | 4:44 | 4:50 |
| Burpee broad jump | 7:03 | 8:14 |
| Run 5 | 4:50 | 4:53 |
| Row | 5:05 | 5:07 |
| Run 6 | 4:32 | 4:51 |
| Farmers carry | 1:54 | 2:22 |
| Run 7 | 4:43 | 4:45 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:27 | 5:50 |
| Run 8 | 7:27 | 6:54 |
| Wall balls | 9:20 | 9:54 |
| Roxzone | 14:01 | 15:08 |
| Finish | 1:37:07 | 1:37:08 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | James | Jacob | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London ExCeL 2025 Open Men · 4 Dec 2025 | 1:37:07 | 1:37:08 | 0:01 · James faster |
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