Alex vs James

GBR GBR · Open Men · 3 results

Alex Sandham

1:18:01 best Open Men time · Manchester 2025
455th of 1,191 place in that race · 1,191 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

James Erskine

1:24:18 best Open Men time · Manchester 2026
1292nd of 2,544 place in that race · 2,544 Open Men finishers

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

Alex: Manchester 2025, Open Men · James: Manchester 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Alex and James sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Alex: strongest on Carry (faster than 88% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 25%).James: strongest on Push (faster than 68% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 15%).

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Part Alex: faster than James: faster than
Ski 86% 15%
Push 25% 68%
Pull 72% 50%
BBJ 45% 23%
Row 80% 36%
Carry 88% 38%
Lunges 33% 47%
Wall balls 47% 38%
Roxzone 45% 52%
Runs 73% 59%

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

Part by part

Part Alex James
SkiErg 86% 15%
Sled push 25% 68%
Sled pull 72% 50%
Burpee broad jump 45% 23%
Row 80% 36%
Farmers carry 88% 38%
Sandbag lunges 33% 47%
Wall balls 47% 38%
Roxzone (moving) 45% 52%
Runs (8 km) 73% 59%

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

Alex · Manchester 2025 · Open Men1:18:01
3:144:044:323:024:463:584:425:264:434:244:441:394:485:374:586:396:42
James · Manchester 2026 · Open Men1:24:18
3:324:454:542:305:184:255:216:555:254:535:182:215:225:324:447:515:20
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.Alex · Manchester 2025 · Open Men: 36:27 running, 34:49 at the stations and 6:42 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:39).Below, James · Manchester 2026 · Open Men: 39:54 running, 39:12 at the stations and 5:20 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:51).

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Part Alex · Manchester 2025 · Open Men James · Manchester 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:14 3:32
SkiErg 4:04 4:45
Run 2 4:32 4:54
Sled push 3:02 2:30
Run 3 4:46 5:18
Sled pull 3:58 4:25
Run 4 4:42 5:21
Burpee broad jump 5:26 6:55
Run 5 4:43 5:25
Row 4:24 4:53
Run 6 4:44 5:18
Farmers carry 1:39 2:21
Run 7 4:48 5:22
Sandbag lunges 5:37 5:32
Run 8 4:58 4:44
Wall balls 6:39 7:51
Roxzone 6:42 5:20
Finish 1:18:01 1:24:18

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Alex James Gap
Manchester 2026 Open Men · 21 Jan 2026 1:24:19 1:24:18 0:01 · James faster
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