Bret vs James

USA USA · Open Men · 2 results

Bret Hightower

1:15:26 best Open Men time · Atlanta 2025
105th of 789 place in that race · 789 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

James Bieler

1:15:33 best Open Men time · Atlanta 2025
106th of 789 place in that race · 789 Open Men finishers

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

Bret: Atlanta 2025, Open Men · James: Atlanta 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Bret and James sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Bret: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 97% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 3%).James: strongest on Push (faster than 95% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 56%).

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Part Bret: faster than James: faster than
Ski 29% 87%
Push 73% 95%
Pull 93% 92%
BBJ 88% 56%
Row 51% 83%
Carry 3% 76%
Lunges 79% 81%
Wall balls 56% 57%
Roxzone 97% 80%
Runs 93% 90%

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

Part by part

Part Bret James
SkiErg 29% 87%
Sled push 73% 95%
Sled pull 93% 92%
Burpee broad jump 88% 56%
Row 51% 83%
Farmers carry 3% 76%
Sandbag lunges 79% 81%
Wall balls 56% 57%
Roxzone (moving) 97% 80%
Runs (8 km) 93% 90%

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

Bret · Atlanta 2025 · Open Men1:15:26
3:465:024:002:364:153:564:224:004:304:574:243:474:164:254:386:475:54
James · Atlanta 2025 · Open Men1:15:33
3:324:264:092:084:263:574:335:224:364:344:391:514:344:224:316:447:17
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.Bret · Atlanta 2025 · Open Men: 34:11 running, 35:29 at the stations and 5:54 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:47) and the shortest the sled push (2:36).Below, James · Atlanta 2025 · Open Men: 35:00 running, 33:24 at the stations and 7:17 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:44).

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Part Bret · Atlanta 2025 · Open Men James · Atlanta 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 3:46 3:32
SkiErg 5:02 4:26
Run 2 4:00 4:09
Sled push 2:36 2:08
Run 3 4:15 4:26
Sled pull 3:56 3:57
Run 4 4:22 4:33
Burpee broad jump 4:00 5:22
Run 5 4:30 4:36
Row 4:57 4:34
Run 6 4:24 4:39
Farmers carry 3:47 1:51
Run 7 4:16 4:34
Sandbag lunges 4:25 4:22
Run 8 4:38 4:31
Wall balls 6:47 6:44
Roxzone 5:54 7:17
Finish 1:15:26 1:15:33

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Bret James Gap
Atlanta 2025 Open Men · 31 Oct 2025 1:15:26 1:15:33 0:07 · Bret faster
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