Robert vs James

GBR GBR · Open Men · 3 results

Robert Smith

1:36:16 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2024
2040th of 2,732 place in that race · 2,732 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 10 results

James Belcher

1:45:18 best Open Men time · London Olympia (EMEA Championship) 2026
924th of 961 place in that race · 961 Open Men finishers

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

Robert: Birmingham 2024, Open Men · James: London Olympia (EMEA Championship) 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Robert and James sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Robert: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 37% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 13%).James: strongest on Lunges (faster than 49% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 1%).

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Part Robert: faster than James: faster than
Ski 37% 3%
Push 25% 22%
Pull 23% 4%
BBJ 20% 4%
Row 19% 11%
Carry 13% 24%
Lunges 19% 49%
Wall balls 37% 1%
Roxzone 25% 2%
Runs 31% 11%

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

Part by part

Part Robert James
SkiErg 37% 3%
Sled push 25% 22%
Sled pull 23% 4%
Burpee broad jump 20% 4%
Row 19% 11%
Farmers carry 13% 24%
Sandbag lunges 19% 49%
Wall balls 37% 1%
Roxzone (moving) 25% 2%
Runs (8 km) 31% 11%

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

Robert · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men1:36:16
5:254:304:593:165:215:525:257:365:475:105:302:495:236:326:137:269:09
James · London Olympia (EMEA Championship) 2026 · Open Men1:45:18
5:204:575:122:535:215:515:328:215:445:045:432:195:224:187:4414:4111:05
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.Robert · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men: 44:03 running, 43:11 at the stations and 9:09 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (7:36).Below, James · London Olympia (EMEA Championship) 2026 · Open Men: 45:58 running, 48:24 at the stations and 11:05 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (14:41).

See the numbers
Part Robert · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men James · London Olympia (EMEA Championship) 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:25 5:20
SkiErg 4:30 4:57
Run 2 4:59 5:12
Sled push 3:16 2:53
Run 3 5:21 5:21
Sled pull 5:52 5:51
Run 4 5:25 5:32
Burpee broad jump 7:36 8:21
Run 5 5:47 5:44
Row 5:10 5:04
Run 6 5:30 5:43
Farmers carry 2:49 2:19
Run 7 5:23 5:22
Sandbag lunges 6:32 4:18
Run 8 6:13 7:44
Wall balls 7:26 14:41
Roxzone 9:09 11:05
Finish 1:36:16 1:45:18

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Robert James Gap
Berlin 2026 Open Men · 22 May 2026 1:51:32 1:51:29 0:03 · James faster
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