James vs Ryan
GBR · Open Men · 3 results James Smith
RSA · Open Men · 1 result Ryan Meyer
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
James: Birmingham 2025, Open Men · Ryan: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where James and Ryan sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.James: strongest on Push (faster than 54% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 13%).Ryan: strongest on Push (faster than 30% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 5%).
See the numbers
| Part | James: faster than | Ryan: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 14% | 6% |
| Push | 54% | 30% |
| Pull | 28% | 10% |
| BBJ | 13% | 14% |
| Row | 21% | 9% |
| Carry | 15% | 5% |
| Lunges | 18% | 17% |
| Wall balls | 46% | 19% |
| Roxzone | 16% | 7% |
| Runs | 14% | 14% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | James | Ryan |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 14% | 6% |
| Sled push | 54% | 30% |
| Sled pull | 28% | 10% |
| Burpee broad jump | 13% | 14% |
| Row | 21% | 9% |
| Farmers carry | 15% | 5% |
| Sandbag lunges | 18% | 17% |
| Wall balls | 46% | 19% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 16% | 7% |
| Runs (8 km) | 14% | 14% |
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 · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 48:31 running, 44:19 at the stations and 8:50 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (8:06).Below, Ryan · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 40:17 running, 49:05 at the stations and 16:21 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:17) and the shortest the sled push (3:07).
See the numbers
| Part | James · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men | Ryan · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 6:33 | 3:30 |
| SkiErg | 4:54 | 5:28 |
| Run 2 | 5:30 | 4:24 |
| Sled push | 3:11 | 3:07 |
| Run 3 | 5:54 | 4:39 |
| Sled pull | 5:49 | 6:39 |
| Run 4 | 5:58 | 4:34 |
| Burpee broad jump | 8:06 | 7:52 |
| Run 5 | 5:56 | 5:08 |
| Row | 5:10 | 5:37 |
| Run 6 | 6:04 | 5:00 |
| Farmers carry | 2:51 | 3:12 |
| Run 7 | 6:09 | 5:05 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:46 | 6:52 |
| Run 8 | 6:27 | 7:57 |
| Wall balls | 7:32 | 10:17 |
| Roxzone | 8:50 | 16:21 |
| Finish | 1:41:32 | 1:45:34 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | James | Ryan | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London ExCeL 2025 Open Men · 4 Dec 2025 | 1:45:35 | 1:45:34 | 0:01 · Ryan faster |
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