Hugh vs James

GBR GBR · Open Men · 7 results

Hugh Smith

1:42:37 best Open Men time · London ExCeL 2025
4784th of 5,554 place in that race · 5,554 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

James Theobald

1:42:41 best Open Men time · London ExCeL 2025
4786th of 5,554 place in that race · 5,554 Open Men finishers

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

Hugh: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men · James: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Hugh and James sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Hugh: strongest on Ski (faster than 52% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 8%).James: strongest on Carry (faster than 44% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 4%).

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Part Hugh: faster than James: faster than
Ski 52% 7%
Push 11% 24%
Pull 15% 9%
BBJ 17% 4%
Row 17% 9%
Carry 13% 44%
Lunges 8% 7%
Wall balls 13% 15%
Roxzone 21% 33%
Runs 18% 24%

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

Part by part

Part Hugh James
SkiErg 52% 7%
Sled push 11% 24%
Sled pull 15% 9%
Burpee broad jump 17% 4%
Row 17% 9%
Farmers carry 13% 44%
Sandbag lunges 8% 7%
Wall balls 13% 15%
Roxzone (moving) 21% 33%
Runs (8 km) 18% 24%

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

Hugh · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men1:42:37
3:154:494:103:404:236:124:307:324:575:235:222:464:598:057:3011:2113:51
James · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men1:42:41
3:495:274:123:144:316:434:239:544:325:384:322:074:388:167:0211:0212:50
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.Hugh · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 39:06 running, 49:48 at the stations and 13:51 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (11:21).Below, James · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 37:38 running, 52:21 at the stations and 12:50 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (11:02).

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Part Hugh · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men James · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 3:15 3:49
SkiErg 4:49 5:27
Run 2 4:10 4:12
Sled push 3:40 3:14
Run 3 4:23 4:31
Sled pull 6:12 6:43
Run 4 4:30 4:23
Burpee broad jump 7:32 9:54
Run 5 4:57 4:32
Row 5:23 5:38
Run 6 5:22 4:32
Farmers carry 2:46 2:07
Run 7 4:59 4:38
Sandbag lunges 8:05 8:16
Run 8 7:30 7:02
Wall balls 11:21 11:02
Roxzone 13:51 12:50
Finish 1:42:37 1:42:41

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Hugh James Gap
London ExCeL 2025 Open Men · 4 Dec 2025 1:42:37 1:42:41 0:04 · Hugh faster
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