Dave vs Buchannan

AUS AUS · Open Men · 4 results

Dave Edwards

1:26:36 best Open Men time · Melbourne 2024
1375th of 2,673 place in that race · 2,673 Open Men finishers
NZL NZL · Open Men · 1 result

Buchannan Hiku 29/05/1990 9 G Hiku

1:34:38 best Open Men time · Melbourne 2025
2070th of 2,868 place in that race · 2,868 Open Men finishers

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

Dave: Melbourne 2024, Open Men · Buchannan: Melbourne 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Dave and Buchannan sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Dave: strongest on Ski (faster than 96% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 15%).Buchannan: strongest on Runs (faster than 86% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 1%).

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Part Dave: faster than Buchannan: faster than
Ski 96% 81%
Push 79% 72%
Pull 88% 26%
BBJ 46% 22%
Row 86% 5%
Carry 85% 17%
Lunges 15% 6%
Wall balls 37% 26%
Roxzone 64% 1%
Runs 39% 86%

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

Part by part

Part Dave Buchannan
SkiErg 96% 81%
Sled push 79% 72%
Sled pull 88% 26%
Burpee broad jump 46% 22%
Row 86% 5%
Farmers carry 85% 17%
Sandbag lunges 15% 6%
Wall balls 37% 26%
Roxzone (moving) 64% 1%
Runs (8 km) 39% 86%

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

Dave · Melbourne 2024 · Open Men1:26:36
5:013:564:541:545:053:435:245:395:354:295:381:465:407:136:286:477:31
Buchannan · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men1:34:38
3:014:139:192:202:415:372:406:483:125:422:442:443:188:465:468:0917:46
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.Dave · Melbourne 2024 · Open Men: 43:45 running, 35:27 at the stations and 7:31 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (7:13).Below, Buchannan · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men: 32:41 running, 44:19 at the stations and 17:46 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (8:46) and the shortest the sled push (2:20).

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Part Dave · Melbourne 2024 · Open Men Buchannan · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 5:01 3:01
SkiErg 3:56 4:13
Run 2 4:54 9:19
Sled push 1:54 2:20
Run 3 5:05 2:41
Sled pull 3:43 5:37
Run 4 5:24 2:40
Burpee broad jump 5:39 6:48
Run 5 5:35 3:12
Row 4:29 5:42
Run 6 5:38 2:44
Farmers carry 1:46 2:44
Run 7 5:40 3:18
Sandbag lunges 7:13 8:46
Run 8 6:28 5:46
Wall balls 6:47 8:09
Roxzone 7:31 17:46
Finish 1:26:36 1:34:38

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Dave Buchannan Gap
Melbourne 2025 Open Men · 11 Dec 2025 1:34:38 1:34:38 level
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