Neil vs James

GBR GBR · Open Men · 7 results

Neil Cross

1:26:58 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
1590th of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 4 results

James Jackson

1:21:51 best Open Men time · Valencia 2025
399th of 804 place in that race · 804 Open Men finishers

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

Neil: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · James: Valencia 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Neil and James sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Neil: strongest on Carry (faster than 63% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 14%).James: strongest on Push (faster than 97% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 19%).

See the numbers
Part Neil: faster than James: faster than
Ski 22% 93%
Push 43% 97%
Pull 44% 60%
BBJ 60% 47%
Row 40% 61%
Carry 63% 63%
Lunges 56% 94%
Wall balls 14% 62%
Roxzone 50% 19%
Runs 45% 32%

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

Part by part

Part Neil James
SkiErg 22% 93%
Sled push 43% 97%
Sled pull 44% 60%
Burpee broad jump 60% 47%
Row 40% 61%
Farmers carry 63% 63%
Sandbag lunges 56% 94%
Wall balls 14% 62%
Roxzone (moving) 50% 19%
Runs (8 km) 45% 32%

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

Neil · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:26:58
5:534:515:093:135:084:335:075:265:074:565:202:314:514:505:5310:143:58
James · Valencia 2025 · Open Men1:21:51
4:554:064:452:115:214:335:095:015:574:385:311:525:033:215:505:547:44
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.Neil · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 42:28 running, 40:34 at the stations and 3:58 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:14).Below, James · Valencia 2025 · Open Men: 42:31 running, 31:36 at the stations and 7:44 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:54).

See the numbers
Part Neil · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men James · Valencia 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 5:53 4:55
SkiErg 4:51 4:06
Run 2 5:09 4:45
Sled push 3:13 2:11
Run 3 5:08 5:21
Sled pull 4:33 4:33
Run 4 5:07 5:09
Burpee broad jump 5:26 5:01
Run 5 5:07 5:57
Row 4:56 4:38
Run 6 5:20 5:31
Farmers carry 2:31 1:52
Run 7 4:51 5:03
Sandbag lunges 4:50 3:21
Run 8 5:53 5:50
Wall balls 10:14 5:54
Roxzone 3:58 7:44
Finish 1:26:58 1:21:51

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Neil James Gap
Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 1:26:58 1:26:57 0:01 · James faster
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