James vs Arden
James Chen
Arden Strasser
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
James: New York 2026, Open Men · Arden: New York 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where James and Arden sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.James: strongest on Ski (faster than 45% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 5%).Arden: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 57% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 0%).
See the numbers
| Part | James: faster than | Arden: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 45% | 7% |
| Push | 8% | 34% |
| Pull | 11% | 32% |
| BBJ | 11% | 8% |
| Row | 40% | 6% |
| Carry | 9% | 1% |
| Lunges | 5% | 9% |
| Wall balls | 25% | 0% |
| Roxzone | 27% | 57% |
| Runs | 7% | 29% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | James | Arden |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 45% | 7% |
| Sled push | 8% | 34% |
| Sled pull | 11% | 32% |
| Burpee broad jump | 11% | 8% |
| Row | 40% | 6% |
| Farmers carry | 9% | 1% |
| Sandbag lunges | 5% | 9% |
| Wall balls | 25% | 0% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 27% | 57% |
| Runs (8 km) | 7% | 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
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.James · New York 2026 · Open Men: 1:06:36 running, 53:46 at the stations and 8:43 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (10:11).Below, Arden · New York 2026 · Open Men: 51:07 running, 1:11:22 at the stations and 6:36 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (27:43) and the shortest the sled push (3:27).
See the numbers
| Part | James · New York 2026 · Open Men | Arden · New York 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:54 | 5:41 |
| SkiErg | 4:39 | 5:17 |
| Run 2 | 8:54 | 5:26 |
| Sled push | 4:32 | 3:27 |
| Run 3 | 9:26 | 6:07 |
| Sled pull | 6:54 | 5:32 |
| Run 4 | 9:48 | 5:52 |
| Burpee broad jump | 8:47 | 9:35 |
| Run 5 | 6:23 | 6:15 |
| Row | 5:07 | 6:05 |
| Run 6 | 6:51 | 6:16 |
| Farmers carry | 3:37 | 4:46 |
| Run 7 | 6:40 | 6:39 |
| Sandbag lunges | 10:11 | 8:57 |
| Run 8 | 12:40 | 8:51 |
| Wall balls | 9:59 | 27:43 |
| Roxzone | 8:43 | 6:36 |
| Finish | 2:08:58 | 2:08:57 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | James | Arden | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York 2026 Open Men · 28 May 2026 | 2:08:58 | 2:08:57 | 0:01 · Arden faster |
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