John vs Brian
John McBrearty
Brian Maloney
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
John: Paris 2024, Open Men · Brian: Cardiff 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where John and Brian sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.John: strongest on Push (faster than 65% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 28%).Brian: strongest on Carry (faster than 73% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 27%).
See the numbers
| Part | John: faster than | Brian: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 62% | 32% |
| Push | 65% | 61% |
| Pull | 52% | 55% |
| BBJ | 30% | 63% |
| Row | 39% | 43% |
| Carry | 28% | 73% |
| Lunges | 52% | 27% |
| Wall balls | 44% | 34% |
| Roxzone | 64% | 45% |
| Runs | 41% | 41% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | John | Brian |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 62% | 32% |
| Sled push | 65% | 61% |
| Sled pull | 52% | 55% |
| Burpee broad jump | 30% | 63% |
| Row | 39% | 43% |
| Farmers carry | 28% | 73% |
| Sandbag lunges | 52% | 27% |
| Wall balls | 44% | 34% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 64% | 45% |
| Runs (8 km) | 41% | 41% |
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.John · Paris 2024 · Open Men: 43:03 running, 37:51 at the stations and 6:28 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:38).Below, Brian · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 43:21 running, 38:20 at the stations and 4:08 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:56).
See the numbers
| Part | John · Paris 2024 · Open Men | Brian · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:05 | 5:13 |
| SkiErg | 4:19 | 4:44 |
| Run 2 | 4:59 | 4:59 |
| Sled push | 2:47 | 2:55 |
| Run 3 | 5:16 | 5:22 |
| Sled pull | 5:25 | 4:15 |
| Run 4 | 5:31 | 5:29 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:33 | 5:16 |
| Run 5 | 5:34 | 5:26 |
| Row | 4:50 | 4:54 |
| Run 6 | 5:36 | 5:30 |
| Farmers carry | 2:22 | 2:22 |
| Run 7 | 5:41 | 5:06 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:57 | 5:58 |
| Run 8 | 6:21 | 6:16 |
| Wall balls | 6:38 | 7:56 |
| Roxzone | 6:28 | 4:08 |
| Finish | 1:27:13 | 1:25:45 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | John | Brian | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glasgow 2025 Open Men · 12 Mar 2025 | 1:31:50 | 1:31:52 | 0:02 · John faster |
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