Brian vs Ralph

NZL NZL · Open Men · 2 results

Brian Donaldson

2:03:54 best Open Men time · Auckland 2026
1063rd of 1,138 place in that race · 1,138 Open Men finishers
AUS AUS · Open Men · 1 result

Ralph Taylor

2:12:53 best Open Men time · Sydney 2026
3219th of 3,324 place in that race · 3,324 Open Men finishers

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

Brian: Auckland 2026, Open Men · Ralph: Sydney 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Brian and Ralph sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Brian: strongest on Carry (faster than 48% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 2%).Ralph: strongest on Carry (faster than 43% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 1%).

See the numbers
Part Brian: faster than Ralph: faster than
Ski 7% 2%
Push 38% 5%
Pull 13% 4%
BBJ 5% 12%
Row 2% 3%
Carry 48% 43%
Lunges 2% 11%
Wall balls 17% 15%
Roxzone 4% 1%
Runs 13% 2%

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

Part by part

Part Brian Ralph
SkiErg 7% 2%
Sled push 38% 5%
Sled pull 13% 4%
Burpee broad jump 5% 12%
Row 2% 3%
Farmers carry 48% 43%
Sandbag lunges 2% 11%
Wall balls 17% 15%
Roxzone (moving) 4% 1%
Runs (8 km) 13% 2%

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

Brian · Auckland 2026 · Open Men2:03:54
7:104:576:393:376:486:506:5210:117:185:587:032:037:0312:418:259:5310:33
Ralph · Sydney 2026 · Open Men2:12:53
4:505:226:453:577:567:177:268:227:085:507:402:108:248:4014:1510:1816:41
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.Brian · Auckland 2026 · Open Men: 57:19 running, 56:10 at the stations and 10:33 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (12:41).Below, Ralph · Sydney 2026 · Open Men: 1:04:23 running, 51:56 at the stations and 16:41 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:18).

See the numbers
Part Brian · Auckland 2026 · Open Men Ralph · Sydney 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 7:10 4:50
SkiErg 4:57 5:22
Run 2 6:39 6:45
Sled push 3:37 3:57
Run 3 6:48 7:56
Sled pull 6:50 7:17
Run 4 6:52 7:26
Burpee broad jump 10:11 8:22
Run 5 7:18 7:08
Row 5:58 5:50
Run 6 7:03 7:40
Farmers carry 2:03 2:10
Run 7 7:03 8:24
Sandbag lunges 12:41 8:40
Run 8 8:25 14:15
Wall balls 9:53 10:18
Roxzone 10:33 16:41
Finish 2:03:54 2:12:53

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Brian Ralph Gap
Sydney 2026 Open Men · 1 Jul 2026 2:13:09 2:12:53 0:16 · Ralph faster
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