Garvan vs Mertcan
IRL · Open Men · 1 result Garvan McDwyer
TUR · Open Men · 6 results Mertcan Kızılpınar
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Garvan: Abu Dhabi 2025, Open Men · Mertcan: Istanbul 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Garvan and Mertcan sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Garvan: strongest on Carry (faster than 98% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 5%).Mertcan: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 86% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 14%).
See the numbers
| Part | Garvan: faster than | Mertcan: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 60% | 35% |
| Push | 49% | 14% |
| Pull | 51% | 61% |
| BBJ | 15% | 32% |
| Row | 59% | 66% |
| Carry | 98% | 23% |
| Lunges | 5% | 36% |
| Wall balls | 9% | 86% |
| Roxzone | 59% | 23% |
| Runs | 32% | 28% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Garvan | Mertcan |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 60% | 35% |
| Sled push | 49% | 14% |
| Sled pull | 51% | 61% |
| Burpee broad jump | 15% | 32% |
| Row | 59% | 66% |
| Farmers carry | 98% | 23% |
| Sandbag lunges | 5% | 36% |
| Wall balls | 9% | 86% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 59% | 23% |
| Runs (8 km) | 32% | 28% |
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.Garvan · Abu Dhabi 2025 · Open Men: 46:28 running, 50:58 at the stations and 6:50 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (13:12).Below, Mertcan · Istanbul 2026 · Open Men: 43:44 running, 36:50 at the stations and 12:11 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (6:07).
See the numbers
| Part | Garvan · Abu Dhabi 2025 · Open Men | Mertcan · Istanbul 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:33 | 5:06 |
| SkiErg | 4:26 | 4:38 |
| Run 2 | 5:14 | 5:12 |
| Sled push | 3:17 | 3:32 |
| Run 3 | 5:37 | 5:43 |
| Sled pull | 5:13 | 4:26 |
| Run 4 | 5:33 | 5:35 |
| Burpee broad jump | 8:21 | 6:07 |
| Run 5 | 5:46 | 5:29 |
| Row | 4:44 | 4:36 |
| Run 6 | 5:32 | 5:24 |
| Farmers carry | 1:30 | 2:38 |
| Run 7 | 5:46 | 5:40 |
| Sandbag lunges | 10:15 | 5:57 |
| Run 8 | 7:27 | 5:35 |
| Wall balls | 13:12 | 4:57 |
| Roxzone | 6:50 | 12:11 |
| Finish | 1:44:07 | 1:32:37 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Garvan | Mertcan | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abu Dhabi 2025 Open Men · 19 Jul 2025 | 1:44:07 | 1:43:49 | 0:18 · Mertcan faster |
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