Brandon vs Daniel

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
PHI PHI · Open Men · 2 results

Daniel Lewis

1:35:08 best Open Men time · Boston 2026
1044th of 1,900 place in that race · 1,900 Open Men finishers

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

Brandon: Washington DC 2026, Open Men · Daniel: Boston 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Brandon and Daniel 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%).Daniel: strongest on BBJ (faster than 88% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 5%).

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Part Brandon: faster than Daniel: faster than
Ski 29% 35%
Push 11% 5%
Pull 20% 19%
BBJ 30% 88%
Row 17% 11%
Carry 51% 8%
Lunges 34% 38%
Wall balls 40% 33%
Roxzone 39% 22%
Runs 29% 73%

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

Part by part

Part Brandon Daniel
SkiErg 29% 35%
Sled push 11% 5%
Sled pull 20% 19%
Burpee broad jump 30% 88%
Row 17% 11%
Farmers carry 51% 8%
Sandbag lunges 34% 38%
Wall balls 40% 33%
Roxzone (moving) 39% 22%
Runs (8 km) 29% 73%

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
Daniel · Boston 2026 · Open Men1:35:08
3:394:484:416:185:106:374:524:185:045:405:013:124:536:026:358:469:38
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, Daniel · Boston 2026 · Open Men: 39:55 running, 45:41 at the stations and 9:38 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:46).

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Part Brandon · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men Daniel · Boston 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:21 3:39
SkiErg 4:59 4:48
Run 2 5:30 4:41
Sled push 4:22 6:18
Run 3 7:01 5:10
Sled pull 6:17 6:37
Run 4 6:43 4:52
Burpee broad jump 7:13 4:18
Run 5 6:40 5:04
Row 5:39 5:40
Run 6 6:09 5:01
Farmers carry 2:07 3:12
Run 7 5:59 4:53
Sandbag lunges 6:28 6:02
Run 8 6:09 6:35
Wall balls 8:51 8:46
Roxzone 9:25 9:38
Finish 1:43:47 1:35:08

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Brandon Daniel Gap
Washington DC 2026 Open Men · 3 Sep 2026 1:43:47 1:43:45 0:02 · Daniel faster
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