Gavin vs James

GBR GBR · Open Men · 5 results

Gavin Spence

1:38:11 best Open Men time · Madrid 2025
2166th of 2,673 place in that race · 2,673 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

James Phillips

1:43:13 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
2316th of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers

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

Gavin: Madrid 2025, Open Men · James: Cardiff 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Gavin and James sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Gavin: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 42% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 5%).James: strongest on Ski (faster than 40% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 4%).

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Part Gavin: faster than James: faster than
Ski 18% 40%
Push 14% 4%
Pull 38% 6%
BBJ 10% 10%
Row 24% 27%
Carry 5% 28%
Lunges 8% 15%
Wall balls 32% 10%
Roxzone 42% 13%
Runs 23% 29%

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

Part by part

Part Gavin James
SkiErg 18% 40%
Sled push 14% 4%
Sled pull 38% 6%
Burpee broad jump 10% 10%
Row 24% 27%
Farmers carry 5% 28%
Sandbag lunges 8% 15%
Wall balls 32% 10%
Roxzone (moving) 42% 13%
Runs (8 km) 23% 29%

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

Gavin · Madrid 2025 · Open Men1:38:11
5:055:035:013:425:155:045:247:525:335:075:453:545:447:327:177:477:14
James · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:43:13
5:334:395:174:525:356:345:478:505:435:075:583:105:306:486:4710:576:10
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.Gavin · Madrid 2025 · Open Men: 45:04 running, 46:01 at the stations and 7:14 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (7:52) and the shortest the sled push (3:42).Below, James · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 46:10 running, 50:58 at the stations and 6:10 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:57).

See the numbers
Part Gavin · Madrid 2025 · Open Men James · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:05 5:33
SkiErg 5:03 4:39
Run 2 5:01 5:17
Sled push 3:42 4:52
Run 3 5:15 5:35
Sled pull 5:04 6:34
Run 4 5:24 5:47
Burpee broad jump 7:52 8:50
Run 5 5:33 5:43
Row 5:07 5:07
Run 6 5:45 5:58
Farmers carry 3:54 3:10
Run 7 5:44 5:30
Sandbag lunges 7:32 6:48
Run 8 7:17 6:47
Wall balls 7:47 10:57
Roxzone 7:14 6:10
Finish 1:38:11 1:43:13

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Gavin James Gap
Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 1:43:15 1:43:13 0:02 · James faster
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