James vs Kai-Wen
AUS · Open Men · 3 results James McDermott
AUS · Open Men · 6 results Kai-Wen Hsiao
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
James: Melbourne 2025, Open Men · Kai-Wen: Sydney 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where James and Kai-Wen sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.James: strongest on Ski (faster than 96% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 59%).Kai-Wen: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 95% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 30%).
See the numbers
| Part | James: faster than | Kai-Wen: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 96% | 30% |
| Push | 90% | 30% |
| Pull | 64% | 64% |
| BBJ | 60% | 87% |
| Row | 86% | 45% |
| Carry | 70% | 60% |
| Lunges | 80% | 88% |
| Wall balls | 59% | 83% |
| Roxzone | 76% | 95% |
| Runs | 82% | 90% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | James | Kai-Wen |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 96% | 30% |
| Sled push | 90% | 30% |
| Sled pull | 64% | 64% |
| Burpee broad jump | 60% | 87% |
| Row | 86% | 45% |
| Farmers carry | 70% | 60% |
| Sandbag lunges | 80% | 88% |
| Wall balls | 59% | 83% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 76% | 95% |
| Runs (8 km) | 82% | 90% |
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 · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men: 33:32 running, 32:07 at the stations and 7:56 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:07).Below, Kai-Wen · Sydney 2026 · Open Men: 32:32 running, 32:00 at the stations and 6:25 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:15).
See the numbers
| Part | James · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men | Kai-Wen · Sydney 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 2:11 | 3:21 |
| SkiErg | 4:01 | 4:37 |
| Run 2 | 3:52 | 3:43 |
| Sled push | 2:02 | 2:55 |
| Run 3 | 4:12 | 3:56 |
| Sled pull | 4:26 | 4:06 |
| Run 4 | 4:23 | 3:52 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:56 | 4:13 |
| Run 5 | 4:28 | 4:04 |
| Row | 4:26 | 4:48 |
| Run 6 | 4:22 | 3:57 |
| Farmers carry | 1:53 | 1:58 |
| Run 7 | 4:37 | 4:02 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:17 | 4:07 |
| Run 8 | 5:27 | 5:37 |
| Wall balls | 6:07 | 5:15 |
| Roxzone | 7:56 | 6:25 |
| Finish | 1:13:27 | 1:10:49 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | James | Kai-Wen | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne 2025 Open Men · 11 Dec 2025 | 1:13:27 | 1:13:29 | 0:02 · James faster |
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