Brandon vs Isaiah

USA USA · Open Men · 3 results

Brandon Merson

1:43:47 best Open Men time · Washington DC 2026
2007th of 2,855 place in that race · 2,855 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Isaiah Barnes

1:43:56 best Open Men time · Washington DC 2026
2008th of 2,855 place in that race · 2,855 Open Men finishers

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

Brandon: Washington DC 2026, Open Men · Isaiah: Washington DC 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Brandon and Isaiah sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Brandon: strongest on Carry (faster than 51% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 11%).Isaiah: strongest on Push (faster than 61% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 10%).

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Part Brandon: faster than Isaiah: faster than
Ski 29% 23%
Push 11% 61%
Pull 20% 37%
BBJ 30% 30%
Row 17% 22%
Carry 51% 47%
Lunges 34% 22%
Wall balls 40% 10%
Roxzone 39% 48%
Runs 29% 38%

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

Part by part

Part Brandon Isaiah
SkiErg 29% 23%
Sled push 11% 61%
Sled pull 20% 37%
Burpee broad jump 30% 30%
Row 17% 22%
Farmers carry 51% 47%
Sandbag lunges 34% 22%
Wall balls 40% 10%
Roxzone (moving) 39% 48%
Runs (8 km) 29% 38%

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

Brandon · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men1:43:47
4:214:595:304:227:016:176:437:136:405:396:092:075:596:286:098:519:25
Isaiah · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men1:43:56
4:505:046:112:576:145:296:197:116:085:315:272:105:397:185:3113:198:46
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.Brandon · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men: 48:32 running, 45:56 at the stations and 9:25 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:51).Below, Isaiah · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men: 46:19 running, 48:59 at the stations and 8:46 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (13:19).

See the numbers
Part Brandon · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men Isaiah · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:21 4:50
SkiErg 4:59 5:04
Run 2 5:30 6:11
Sled push 4:22 2:57
Run 3 7:01 6:14
Sled pull 6:17 5:29
Run 4 6:43 6:19
Burpee broad jump 7:13 7:11
Run 5 6:40 6:08
Row 5:39 5:31
Run 6 6:09 5:27
Farmers carry 2:07 2:10
Run 7 5:59 5:39
Sandbag lunges 6:28 7:18
Run 8 6:09 5:31
Wall balls 8:51 13:19
Roxzone 9:25 8:46
Finish 1:43:47 1:43:56

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Brandon Isaiah Gap
Washington DC 2026 Open Men · 3 Sep 2026 1:43:47 1:43:56 0:09 · Brandon faster
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