Vaughn vs Sam

NZL NZL · Open Men · 2 results

Vaughn Armstrong

1:27:31 best Open Men time · Brisbane 2024
297th of 595 place in that race · 595 Open Men finishers
NZL NZL · Open Men · 10 results

Sam Montague

1:06:02 best Open Men time · Melbourne 2025
160th of 2,868 place in that race · 2,868 Open Men finishers

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

Vaughn: Brisbane 2024, Open Men · Sam: Melbourne 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Vaughn and Sam sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Vaughn: strongest on Push (faster than 72% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 28%).Sam: strongest on BBJ (faster than 97% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 46%).

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Part Vaughn: faster than Sam: faster than
Ski 56% 46%
Push 72% 69%
Pull 55% 88%
BBJ 36% 97%
Row 45% 73%
Carry 55% 86%
Lunges 35% 96%
Wall balls 28% 92%
Roxzone 72% 85%
Runs 53% 93%

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

Part by part

Part Vaughn Sam
SkiErg 56% 46%
Sled push 72% 69%
Sled pull 55% 88%
Burpee broad jump 36% 97%
Row 45% 73%
Farmers carry 55% 86%
Sandbag lunges 35% 96%
Wall balls 28% 92%
Roxzone (moving) 72% 85%
Runs (8 km) 53% 93%

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

Vaughn · Brisbane 2024 · Open Men1:27:31
3:284:174:502:225:164:495:116:235:244:475:392:155:376:297:187:505:42
Sam · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men1:06:02
2:204:293:502:223:563:454:013:113:514:344:001:424:053:294:434:247:27
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.Vaughn · Brisbane 2024 · Open Men: 42:43 running, 39:11 at the stations and 5:42 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:50).Below, Sam · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men: 30:46 running, 27:56 at the stations and 7:27 in the roxzone; the longest station was the row (4:34).

See the numbers
Part Vaughn · Brisbane 2024 · Open Men Sam · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 3:28 2:20
SkiErg 4:17 4:29
Run 2 4:50 3:50
Sled push 2:22 2:22
Run 3 5:16 3:56
Sled pull 4:49 3:45
Run 4 5:11 4:01
Burpee broad jump 6:23 3:11
Run 5 5:24 3:51
Row 4:47 4:34
Run 6 5:39 4:00
Farmers carry 2:15 1:42
Run 7 5:37 4:05
Sandbag lunges 6:29 3:29
Run 8 7:18 4:43
Wall balls 7:50 4:24
Roxzone 5:42 7:27
Finish 1:27:31 1:06:02

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Vaughn Sam Gap
Auckland 2025 Open Men · 1 Feb 2025 1:28:06 1:28:02 0:04 · Sam faster
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