Vaughn vs John
NZL · Open Men · 2 results Vaughn Armstrong
AUS · Open Men · 27 results John Hesse
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Vaughn: Brisbane 2024, Open Men · John: Dublin 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Vaughn and John 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%).John: strongest on Carry (faster than 78% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 33%).
See the numbers
| Part | Vaughn: faster than | John: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 56% | 33% |
| Push | 72% | 39% |
| Pull | 55% | 48% |
| BBJ | 36% | 67% |
| Row | 45% | 58% |
| Carry | 55% | 78% |
| Lunges | 35% | 73% |
| Wall balls | 28% | 66% |
| Roxzone | 72% | 66% |
| Runs | 53% | 70% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Vaughn | John |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 56% | 33% |
| Sled push | 72% | 39% |
| Sled pull | 55% | 48% |
| Burpee broad jump | 36% | 67% |
| Row | 45% | 58% |
| Farmers carry | 55% | 78% |
| Sandbag lunges | 35% | 73% |
| Wall balls | 28% | 66% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 72% | 66% |
| Runs (8 km) | 53% | 70% |
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.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, John · Dublin 2025 · Open Men: 37:24 running, 34:07 at the stations and 4:07 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:20).
See the numbers
| Part | Vaughn · Brisbane 2024 · Open Men | John · Dublin 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:28 | 3:13 |
| SkiErg | 4:17 | 4:37 |
| Run 2 | 4:50 | 5:02 |
| Sled push | 2:22 | 2:46 |
| Run 3 | 5:16 | 5:06 |
| Sled pull | 4:49 | 4:37 |
| Run 4 | 5:11 | 5:07 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:23 | 4:50 |
| Run 5 | 5:24 | 5:08 |
| Row | 4:47 | 4:44 |
| Run 6 | 5:39 | 5:06 |
| Farmers carry | 2:15 | 1:48 |
| Run 7 | 5:37 | 5:14 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:29 | 4:25 |
| Run 8 | 7:18 | 3:28 |
| Wall balls | 7:50 | 6:20 |
| Roxzone | 5:42 | 4:07 |
| Finish | 1:27:31 | 1:15:29 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Vaughn | John | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auckland 2025 Open Men · 1 Feb 2025 | 1:28:06 | 1:27:57 | 0:09 · John faster |
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