David vs Paul

IRL IRL · Open Men · 3 results

David Neylon

1:39:49 best Open Men time · Mechelen 2025
1309th of 1,638 place in that race · 1,638 Open Men finishers
IRL IRL · Open Men · 2 results

Paul McCartan

1:37:37 best Open Men time · Gdańsk 2026
955th of 1,349 place in that race · 1,349 Open Men finishers

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

David: Mechelen 2025, Open Men · Paul: Gdańsk 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where David and Paul sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.David: strongest on Runs (faster than 41% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 4%).Paul: strongest on Lunges (faster than 73% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 5%).

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Part David: faster than Paul: faster than
Ski 39% 45%
Push 24% 37%
Pull 17% 5%
BBJ 4% 62%
Row 15% 23%
Carry 15% 42%
Lunges 23% 73%
Wall balls 7% 43%
Roxzone 37% 32%
Runs 41% 18%

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

Part by part

Part David Paul
SkiErg 39% 45%
Sled push 24% 37%
Sled pull 17% 5%
Burpee broad jump 4% 62%
Row 15% 23%
Farmers carry 15% 42%
Sandbag lunges 23% 73%
Wall balls 7% 43%
Roxzone (moving) 37% 32%
Runs (8 km) 41% 18%

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

David · Mechelen 2025 · Open Men1:39:49
6:334:334:232:594:386:354:389:594:515:174:412:554:506:245:4710:1310:33
Paul · Gdańsk 2026 · Open Men1:37:37
4:324:375:293:415:307:105:405:075:505:125:432:105:374:2610:537:408:28
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.David · Mechelen 2025 · Open Men: 40:20 running, 48:55 at the stations and 10:33 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:13).Below, Paul · Gdańsk 2026 · Open Men: 49:14 running, 40:04 at the stations and 8:28 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:40).

See the numbers
Part David · Mechelen 2025 · Open Men Paul · Gdańsk 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 6:33 4:32
SkiErg 4:33 4:37
Run 2 4:23 5:29
Sled push 2:59 3:41
Run 3 4:38 5:30
Sled pull 6:35 7:10
Run 4 4:38 5:40
Burpee broad jump 9:59 5:07
Run 5 4:51 5:50
Row 5:17 5:12
Run 6 4:41 5:43
Farmers carry 2:55 2:10
Run 7 4:50 5:37
Sandbag lunges 6:24 4:26
Run 8 5:47 10:53
Wall balls 10:13 7:40
Roxzone 10:33 8:28
Finish 1:39:49 1:37:37

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race David Paul Gap
Madrid 2025 Open Men · 29 Nov 2025 1:40:04 1:40:06 0:02 · David faster
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