Darryn vs Ben

NZL NZL · Open Men · 3 results

Darryn Els

1:20:09 best Open Men time · Auckland 2025
203rd of 848 place in that race · 848 Open Men finishers
NZL NZL · Open Men · 3 results

Ben Brady

1:21:52 best Open Men time · Auckland 2026
329th of 1,138 place in that race · 1,138 Open Men finishers

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

Darryn: Auckland 2025, Open Men · Ben: Auckland 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Darryn and Ben sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Darryn: strongest on Pull (faster than 96% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 54%).Ben: strongest on Carry (faster than 85% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 17%).

See the numbers
Part Darryn: faster than Ben: faster than
Ski 85% 24%
Push 79% 17%
Pull 96% 55%
BBJ 88% 70%
Row 93% 80%
Carry 84% 85%
Lunges 91% 67%
Wall balls 72% 66%
Roxzone 73% 54%
Runs 54% 78%

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

Part by part

Part Darryn Ben
SkiErg 85% 24%
Sled push 79% 17%
Sled pull 96% 55%
Burpee broad jump 88% 70%
Row 93% 80%
Farmers carry 84% 85%
Sandbag lunges 91% 67%
Wall balls 72% 66%
Roxzone (moving) 73% 54%
Runs (8 km) 54% 78%

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

Darryn · Auckland 2025 · Open Men1:20:09
5:324:025:052:175:203:265:264:165:404:265:331:505:404:015:495:515:54
Ben · Auckland 2026 · Open Men1:21:52
5:074:384:354:184:594:534:425:094:594:385:021:405:025:005:326:095:39
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.Darryn · Auckland 2025 · Open Men: 44:05 running, 30:08 at the stations and 5:54 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:51).Below, Ben · Auckland 2026 · Open Men: 39:57 running, 36:25 at the stations and 5:39 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:09).

See the numbers
Part Darryn · Auckland 2025 · Open Men Ben · Auckland 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:32 5:07
SkiErg 4:02 4:38
Run 2 5:05 4:35
Sled push 2:17 4:18
Run 3 5:20 4:59
Sled pull 3:26 4:53
Run 4 5:26 4:42
Burpee broad jump 4:16 5:09
Run 5 5:40 4:59
Row 4:26 4:38
Run 6 5:33 5:02
Farmers carry 1:50 1:40
Run 7 5:40 5:02
Sandbag lunges 4:01 5:00
Run 8 5:49 5:32
Wall balls 5:51 6:09
Roxzone 5:54 5:39
Finish 1:20:09 1:21:52

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Darryn Ben Gap
Auckland 2026 Open Men · 29 Jan 2026 1:21:52 1:21:52 level
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